Summer 2020, Volume 96, Number 2

From the INTERIM PRESIDENT

Showing Our Stripes, Roaring Forward In times of great crisis throughout history, our LSU family has always responded with great resiliency and resolve to serve our state and country and to support one another. Faced with a pandemic that has brought unprecedented disruption, Tigers across the nation are once again rising to meet the challenge of this historical moment by helping their neighbors and communities. The medical professionals heroically treating patients on the frontline of the coronavirus fight include many LSU alumni. They are supported by our innovative LSU researchers, who have achieved breakthroughs in testing, PPE production, and clinical trials on treatment options and potential vaccines. Through these and countless other inspiring efforts by our LSU family to fight the pandemic, we have shown why great research universities like LSU exist. By leveraging our extensive expertise, innovation, research, assets, and facilities, our LSU family has helped flatten the curve and continues to play a vital role in our recovery. The dedication and determination displayed by our students, faculty, and staff – who quickly transitioned to remote learning and working during the spring semester and persevered with great success – has been equally inspiring. And though our celebration looked different this year, it was with great joy and pride that we recently honored the amazing accomplishments of our Class of 2020 graduates. We look forward to holding an in-person commencement ceremony for them on our flagship campus when it is safe to do so. “We will continue to As our new graduates enter the workforce, many of the career opportunities they were hoping to take advantage of have suddenly evaporated due to the persevere through this economic crisis created by the pandemic. LSU Alumni Association members most difficult moment have always played a critical role in ensuring the success of our students, before and after graduation. Please keep our newest LSU alumni in your thoughts and in our history. And we consider providing them an opportunity or other assistance in the months ahead can take comfort in if you can. We will continue to persevere through this most difficult moment in our history. knowing that while this And we can take comfort in knowing that while this pandemic is temporary, LSU pandemic is temporary, is forever. Our great university is moving forward with courage and optimism. With the safety and well-being of our LSU family guiding every decision we make LSU is forever.” and action we take, we are planning to open our campuses this fall and we are making every effort to resume in-person classes. I sincerely appreciate your continued support of LSU and your engagement with the LSU Alumni Association.

Geaux Tigers!

Thomas C. Galligan, Jr. LSU Interim President and Professor of Law @lsuprez

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 1 Publisher Contents LSU Alumni Association Editor Jackie Bartkiewicz Advertising Emily Johnson Art Director Chuck Sanchez STUN Design & Interactive Editorial Assistants 7 Emily Johnson, Rachel Rhodes Contributors Feature Bailey Chauvin, Ed Cullen, Ginger Guttner, Elsa Hahne, Libby Haydel, Rachel Holland, Anna Long, Tamara Mizell, Ferris McDaniel, Sherry Sanchez, Alison Satake, Greg Forbes Siegman Photography 12 Fighting Tigers at the Forefront Arizona State University, Johnny Gordon, Laurie Hamilton, LSU Athletics, LSU Division of Strategic Communications, LSU School of Veterinary LSU faculty, staff, students, and Medicine, Michael C. Hebert/New Orleans Saints, Kevin Houghton, alumni rallied against the coronavirus Thomas Hymel/Louisiana Sea Grant, Jon SooHoo/USC Athletic Department pandemic, doing what they do best – 10 using their talent, ingenuity, resilience, Printing Baton Rouge Printing and fighting spirit to support the state and the nation. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jeffrey M. “Jeff” Mohr, Chair 26 Mentoring Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, La. Big Buddy, a mentoring program, Bart B. Schmolke, Chair-elect began in an LSU classroom. When Alexandria, La. it turned forty, the program’s staff 35 Beverly G. Shea, Immediate Past Chair began thinking of ways to celebrate. New Iberia, La. Why not get in touch with the LSU Alumni Association about a story in its Stanley L. “Stan” Williams Fort Worth, Texas quarterly magazine that would reach its far-flung leadership? Jack A. Andonie, Director Emeritus Metairie, La. Lodwrick M. Cook, Director Emeritus Sherman Oaks, Calif. In Each Issue 44 J. Ofori Agboka, Seattle Wash. Mario J. Garner, Spring, Texas Mark Kent Anderson, Jr., Monroe, La. James G. “Jimmy” Gosslee, Shreveport, La. 1 From the LSU Interim President Michael B. Bethea, Covington, La. Leo C. Hamilton, Baton Rouge, La. Karen Brack, San Diego, Calif. R. Scott Jenkins, New Orleans, La. 4 LSUAA President Message David B. Braddock, Dallas, Texas Matthew K. “Matt” Juneau, Baton Rouge, La. Cassandra M. Chandler, West End, N.C. Michael J. Kantrow, Jr., New York, N.Y. 6 LSU Alumni Association News Kathryn ‘Kathy” Fives, Baton Rouge, La. Kevin F. Knobloch, Baton Rouge, La. 30 Around Campus Corey Foster, Lake Charles, La. Brandon Landry, Baton Rouge, La. G. Archer Frierson, III, Shreveport, La. Van P. Whitfield, Houston, Texas 40 Locker Room LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE is published quarterly in March, June, September, 76 Tiger Nation 92 and December by the LSU Alumni Association. Annual donations are $50, of which $6 is allocated for a subscription to LSU Alumni Magazine. The LSU Alumni Association is not liable for any loss that might be incurred by a purchaser responding to an advertisement in this magazine. Editorial and Advertising LSU Alumni Association 3838 West Lakeshore Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4686 225-578-3838 • 888-RINGLSU www.lsualumni.org / [email protected] © 2020 by LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE, 3838 West Lakeshore Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4686

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2 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 3 President and CEO MESSAGE

A Spring Season Like No Other My colleagues had prepped me well about “Chapter Crawfish Season” – lots of travel, lots of work, lots of fun. I was looking forward to this first-time experience, to other gatherings with our alumni and friends, and to our highlight event of the year, the Hall of Distinction gala. The Spring 2020 first-time experience certainly was not what we envisioned when the year began and our calendars were filled with across-the-country visits and on-campus events. Instead of traveling, we went to work here at home – indeed, in our own homes – when the governor issued a stay-at-home order on March 22. Along with the University’s outstanding faculty and staff, Association employees stepped up to the challenge of working remotely to serve our students, donors, supporters, and friends. They were well prepared. As a longtime member of the Association, I’d seen this extraordinary staff rise to the occasion before, during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They did it again this spring. I know you join me in thanking them for keeping our hotel and business operations going, communicating the latest news about the virus, and keeping us connected – and boosting our spirits – through social media. As this issue’s cover attests, faculty, staff, students, and alumni rallied to fight the coronavirus pandemic on the forefront, and the stories you’ll find in this issue will make you proud to be an LSU Tiger. See page 12. “Keeping the Longtime readers know Hall of Distinction honorees traditionally grace the cover of the summer magazine, and this year’s inductees will – in 2021! Until then, Tiger Spirit Alive” we recognize and pay tribute to them online, so be sure to visit our website at lsualumni.org/HOD2020. The cancellation of the gala, chapter events, and on-campus activities necessitated a redo of planned content for the summer magazine, as well as a delay in production. The next magazine will be published in November, so you will receive three issues rather than four this year. Your magazine subscription is a perk of membership, and we value your readership and support and appreciate your understanding. You can look forward to the usual four issues in 2021. Heartfelt congratulations to our May 2020 graduates whose names you will find beginning on page 46. They truly deserve their well-earned degrees, and we heartily welcome them to Tiger Nation. The past semester tested us all. I am grateful and proud to be a part of the team that helped weather the crisis and is keeping the Tiger spirit alive. Thank you for your generous and continued support of our University through the LSU Alumni Association.

Geaux Tigers!

Gordon Monk President/CEO

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4 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 5 LSU Alumni Association NEWS Chapter Events

From left, standing, Adam Causey, Ora Hare, Rachel Jones, George Fulco, George Kruger, James Ditta, David Ditta, and Cindy and Dale Hanchey; seated, Taylor Berlin and Pete Gaskin.

Central Oklahoma – The Central Oklahoma Chapter sponsored a table at the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Banquet honoring Grant Delpit as the nation's outstanding defensive back. The event took place at the National Cowboy & Western

From left, Cheryl Davis, Wendy Schiele, President Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City Lisa Bunch, and Julie Klibert. in February. One of the nation's top collegiate sports honors, the Dollars for Scholars – the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award is LSU Houston Chapter donated From left, Pete Gaskin, Taylor Berlin, Adam Causey, presented to individual athletes Grant Delpit, Cindy Hanchey and Dale Hanchey, $90,000 over two years to its chapter Ora Hare, George Fulco, and Rachel Jones. based on performance on the field, scholarship, raising funds through athletic ability, and character. Delpit events such as the annual crawfish boil, is the third LSU defensive back selected for the award. The two previous LSU golf tournament, and clay shoot. winners were Patrick Peterson (2010) and Maurice Claiborne (2011).

Central Florida – The LSU Alumni of Central Florida Chapter will host the 5th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament on Aug. 8 at Celebration Golf Club in Kissimmee, Fla., near Disney World. A special limited rate of $119 per night is available at the Gaylord Palms Resort, just down the road from the golf tournament location (use code 5LC for Aug. 7 and Aug. 8; cancellations may be made up to Aug. 4). A “Taste of Louisiana” Championship Tailgate Party is scheduled for Aug. 22 at Bill Frederick Park in Orlando, Fla. A smorgasbord of Louisiana food favorites will be served, a Louisiana band – Jeff Howell – will provide music, Central Florida board members Chris Gearity, Scott Bogan, Debi West, and Paul West. and there will be activities for adults and kids. Raffles, auctions, and door prizes will be included as the local chapter celebrates the 2019 National Championship as a group. For more information, visit lsuorlandeaux.com or email [email protected].

6 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Chapter Summit 2020

Steve Reynolds and John Spurny of the Panhandle Bayou Bengals Chapter.

Chapter Summit 2020 participants. Photo: Kevin L. Houghton

LSU President Tom Galligan welcomed and spoke to chapter leaders.

Laurie Woodel, Grace Summerville, and Stacey Brewer. Left, from front, Jeremiah Sams, David Leong, and SoCal member Murlyn Burkes displays a Michelle Tranchina; right, Katrina Dunn, Austin California map of chapter football watch Hatch, and Paul Chin-Lai. party locations.

The annual Chapter Summit brought alumni chapter officers from across the country to the Lod Cook Alumni Center in March for a conference covering a variety of topics, among them diversity, student and alumni volunteer recruitment, communications and marketing, affinity chapters, and a panel discussion with members of the newly formed Young Alumni Advisory Council. A get-together at Red Stick Social kicked off the three-day event, which included a crawfish boil at Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, a campus tour, the LSU vs. U-Mass LSU Online guest speakers Patrick Box and Lowell baseball game, and farewell dinner and libations at Tin Roof Brewery. Charlotte Bencaz.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Many photos in this issue were taken/submitted before social distancing measures were put into effect.

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 7 LSU Alumni Association News Snapshots

Amy Parrino, left, and Provost Stacia Haynie.

Staff Service Award –Amy Parrino, senior vice president of the LSU Alumni Association, was recognized at the Employee Recognition Program for thirty years of service to the University. Parrino (1988 BACH HS&E), a student Glenda Darsey Miller and LSU Alumni Association CFO Landon Jordan. employee at the Faculty Club from 1983- 1985 and at the LSU Alumni Federation Ring Donation – The 1925 LSU class ring belonging to Glenn Stephenson (now Association) from 1985-1988, Darsey (1925 LAW) was donated to the LSU Alumni Association by his daughter, began her alumni career as coordinator Glenda Darsey Miller (1965 BACH H&SS), in February. The ring is displayed in of special events. the permanent LSU Ring Collection in the lobby of the Lod Cook Alumni Center.

8 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Gordon Monk Named Association President

Gordon Monk assumed “I am truly humbled to be able to presidency of the LSU Alumni continue to serve an organization and Association on May 1, after university that I care so deeply for,” serving as interim president and Monk said. “LSU has so richly impacted CEO since Oct. 2019. my life, and the opportunity to serve in this role is a purple and gold dream “Gordon Monk is one of those rare come true. I appreciate the confidence individuals who has a mind for business the board has shown in me and look but also brings a calming presence forward to working with them and a to the Association,” said Jeffrey Mohr, wonderful staff to accomplish great chair of the Association Board of things for LSU and the Association.” Directors, in making the announcement. A longtime, active member of the “He has encountered every scenario association, he holds two degrees from imaginable during his career in state LSU, a bachelor’s degree in general government, and the board believes studies and a master’s degree in public Gordon is a sincere, genuine individual administration (MPA). He was named of integrity. We are very fortunate to the Distinguished MPA Alumnus in have someone like him lead the LSU 2008. He serves on the LSU Public Alumni Association.” LSU Alumni Association President/CEO Administration Advisory Board; is a Gordon Monk. Monk came to the association member of the LSU Foundation, and following a thirty-three-year career in the Tiger Athletic Foundation; and the Legislative Fiscal Office, serving serves on the finance committee and in various roles before being elected church council of First United Methodist legislative fiscal officer by the Louisiana Church in Baton Rouge. Legislature in 2005.

Annual Shea Dinner – Beverly Shea, Harriet Shea, and Jerry Shea, Jr., seated center, take time out for a photo with alumni and hotel staffers during this year’s “Dinner with the Sheas” at Beau Soileil Cafe in New Iberia, La. Beverly, immediate past chair of the LSU Alumni Association Board of Directors, and Jerry are longtime members of the Association and major supporters of numerous University initiatives.

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 9 LSU Alumni Association News Young Alumni Council LSU’s Vision for Tomorrow

By Bailey Chauvin

Young Alumni Advisory Council members, from left, front, Adam West, Pedro Cobos, Alden Cartwright, Katy Stuart, Dorothy Kemp, and Bailey Kidd; back, Philip Ollendike, John Woodard, John Lierley, Mark Kent Anderson, Theo Williams, III, and Truman Van Veckhoven. Not pictured: Carlton Miller.

“I love LSU and The LSU Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Advisory Council is everything about working to help all young LSU alumni “love purple and live gold” after graduation. The thirteen-member council was created in in it, and I want to 2019 to help improve the University’s engagement with its young help the Association graduate population. While many young LSU alumni engage with their alma mater in some way, reach my generation the Young Alumni Advisory Council hopes to communicate the advantages of to help LSU grow.” establishing a formal relationship with LSU post-graduation. “I think it’s a misnomer that young alumni aren’t connected to the University,” council member Theo Williams said. “We’re connected to our classmates and LSU sports. The major challenge is formally cementing that connection so that we’re a full community.” The council meets four times a year to deconstruct the needs of LSU’s young alumni and create strategies to encourage more young professionals to get involved with the Association, as well as their local alumni chapters. As young professionals themselves, council members are able to provide unique perspectives about the relationships recent LSU graduates have with the University. Council member Dorothy Kemp explained that many young alumni may not even recognize the benefits of engaging with the Association. “We need to do a better job of communicating what the value is for those young alumni to be engaged with the institution, whether that be through internships, jobs, networking, or social events,” Kemp said. “The benefits are there; it’s the communication aspect we need to work on.” Several council members mentioned that one way young alumni can stay connected to LSU is through joining their local alumni chapters. The Association currently sponsors more than 130 alumni chapters throughout the United States and in other countries. Chapters host various events throughout the year, including football watch parties. Most recently, some forty alumni chapters across the country held watch parties for the College Football Playoff National Championship in January.

10 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Council members and friends enjoyed the Young Alumni Tailgate before the LSU-Auburn game last fall.

In this same spirit, the Young Alumni Advisory Council hosted its inaugural Young Alumni Tailgate before the LSU vs. Auburn football game last October. The council members themselves are also a representation of LSU’s large alumni network across the nation. Several council members hail from Louisiana but relocated after graduation. According to council member John Woodard, who recently returned to Louisiana after several years in Washington, D.C., this diversity greatly benefits the council. “We’re geographically very diverse with this group, and I think that’s very important,” Woodard said. “Everyone’s got a different view or angle on what the problems may be.” Kemp added that bringing together a geographically diverse group of young alumni can also reveal common experiences within alumni chapters across the country. “It allows us to see what’s going on all over the country,” Kemp said. “We found a lot of chapters are having the same experiences. If we get these chapters talking to each other on how to engage young alumni, then the Association can really benefit.” Many of the council members felt called to give back to LSU in some way after graduation. As Williams said, most were involved in student organizations or initiatives while at LSU, so serving on the Young Alumni Advisory Council is a “natural extension” of that service. “I love LSU and everything about it, and I want to help the Association reach my generation to help LSU grow,” council member Alden Cartwright said. “I’ve been a Tiger fan since I was a little kid, so it was easy to want to help LSU. Now that I’m in a position where people have helped me, I want to give back and help others.”

Bailey Chauvin is a political science sophomore and news editor of The Reveille.

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 11 FIGHTING TIGERS AT THE FOREFRONT

LSU FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS, AND ALUMNI rallied against the coronavirus pandemic, doing what they do best–using their talent, ingenuity, resiliency, and fighting spirit to support the state and the nation.

12 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 PROTECTING THE PROTECTORS LSU Team Creates Masks, Ventilator Parts BY LIBBY HAYDEL

SU BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR MEAGAN Moore is never one to back down from a challenge, especially if it means helping others (she created a cancer model to help personalize treatment last year). So, why would the coronavirus pandemic be any different? Working alongside LSU Medical Physics and Health Physics Director Wayne Newhauser, emergency room physician Tom Fox, two LSU physics students, and members of the community, Moore jumped in to help those in need by creating face masks, ventilators and parts, and face shields for nurses and doctors working with COVID-19 patients at LSU Health in New Orleans. Before Moore got the call to help create a ventilator prototype in March, she and her mother, Kathryn Moore, were knee deep in looking at patterns and sewing face masks for the nurses and doctors in New Orleans who were treating patients with COVID-19. Moore and Kathryn, who has two degrees in the fashion and textile merchandise field, followed a mask pattern they found online that was designed by a hospital chain. They, along with other experienced seamstresses, found the pattern difficult to follow, so they improvised. Their mask consisted of two layers of tightly woven cotton sewn together with elastic bands to go over the ears, each taking thirty to forty-five minutes to sew. Once elastic became hard to come by, Kathryn got creative and used elastic bands from old Mardi Gras ball masks. “Ideally, the mask is going over an N-95 mask to provide additional protection so the N-95 can continue being used,” Moore said. “Our masks can be sterilized appropriately at the hospitals because most people aren’t going to use or don’t have the level of disinfectant needed at their house.” In the midst of her mask endeavor, Moore received a call from Newhauser asking if she could help him create a ventilator part for COVID-19 patients in New Orleans. Seeing the dire need for more ventilators should the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase, Moore said yes without hesitation. Moore and Newhauser, who is also a professor in LSU’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, worked directly with local respiratory specialists, medical physicists, and engineers to fabricate ventilator parts and a variety of personal protective equipment for health care personnel in Louisiana. An LSU resident emergency room physician picked up prototype ventilator pieces from the LSU team for inspection and evaluation. LSU physics student Maxwell Cole and LSU Renewable Natural Resources alumna Cathlin Disotell assisted Newhauser and Moore, all working in Newhauser’s garage while practicing social distancing. “One thing I read is that one single country cannot produce a ventilator on its own,” Moore said. “All of the different parts come from different countries. That was eye-opening.” While the team worked on prototyping ventilator parts, it also began prototyping field-expedient face shields with help from Nick Lombardo, an LSU chemical engineering research specialist, and St. Joseph’s Academy, which

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 13 PROTECTING THE PROTECTORS

Beyond PPE production, LSU’s collective coronavirus-related efforts were wide-ranging and extensive, including:

Establishing coronavirus testing facilities at the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LSU’s School “In the war on loaned Moore its laser cutter, 3D printer, of Veterinary Medicine’s River Road and some of the initial material used for Laboratory, and the LSU Health the coronavirus, prototyping. “I was using a laser cutter Sciences Center in New Orleans; to make an acrylic template for people our modern-day to make their own face shield using Initiating clinical trials measuring cardboard that would go on their head the safety and efficacy of drugs like equivalent of and a clear plastic document protector hydroxychloroquine and potential to staple onto it to protect against initial treatments like inhaled nitric oxide droplet exposure,” Moore said. against the virus; Rosie the Riveter A local surgeon, Dr. John Faust of Baton Rouge Orthopedic Clinic and Coordinating PPE collection and was ‘Meagan Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, donation from LSUA, LSUE, and LSUS; assisted the team in prototyping the Maker.’ She protective gowns, which were in Facilitating extension, outreach, and short supply. education through LSU’s Pennington exemplifies “I really don’t get exhausted from doing Biomedical Research Center and the this kind of stuff,” Moore said. “It can LSU AgCenter; the spirit and wear a lot of people down. I like helping Funding and managing rapid people and this is unlike any other innovation in gown and shield PPE engagement of scale of being able to help, other than design, UV-based mobile sterilization [Hurricane] Katrina, which was the most technology, and large-scale hand LSU’s students.” horrible thing I can think of. I’m happy to sanitizer production in Baton Rouge; show up and throw whatever I have at and it. We had a lot of brilliant people on our project and we were really fortunate to Providing online training programs have the opportunity to help others.” and podcasts through LSU’s National “In the war on he coronavirus, our modern-day equivalent of Rosie the Center for Biomedical Research Riveter was ‘Meagan the Maker,’” Newhauser said. “She exemplifies the & Training to help emergency spirit and engagement of LSU’s students.” Newhauser also noted the responders stay safe, prepared, and outstanding support and leadership of the LSU administration in deploying resilient—with topics ranging from its arsenal of academic resources to help health care workers. In mid-April, dealing with coronavirus-related the gown project moved from Newhauser’s garage to the Pete Maravich anxiety to protecting themselves, Assembly Center under the directive of LSU Interim President Tom Galligan, their families, and their homes from where a cross-campus team scaled up production to enable PPE distribution exposure after a shift. throughout the state.

14 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 ANSWERING THE CALL Vet School Processes 3,900 Coronavirus Tests BY GINGER GUTTNER

AS CORONAVIRUS CASES began growing exponentially across the U.S., medical facilities, including some that might surprise you, began to respond. Even before peak coronavirus activity in Baton Rouge, test kits were being assembled enabling health facilities to test Stephania Cormier patients. And because of a dire need for more rapid test processing in south Louisiana, on March 23, the River Road Testing Laboratory (RRTL) TO HELP HEALTH CARE at the LSU School of Veterinary WORKERS ON THE FRONTLINE, Medicine (LSU SVM) began processing coronavirus tests for a LSU MANUFACTURED: number of Louisiana medical facilities and first responders. Rebecca Christofferson Led by Stephania Cormier, professor of biological and 20,000 10,000 comparative biomedical sciences, and Rebecca PPE gowns face shields Christofferson, assistant professor of pathobiological sciences, the lab processed more than 3,900 tests while it was open. It closed on May 15, as the capabilities of local hospitals allowed them to efficiently perform testing in-house. ...and ran The RRTL was set up in the LSU SVM because it houses 1,000 a lab designated to handle highly infectious agents and , gallons of 3 900+ because of the expertise of Cormier, a respiratory virus, immunology, and toxicology expert, hand sanitizer coronavirus lab tests and Christofferson, an infectious disease and emerging viruses expert. The idea for the lab began when Hollis “Bud” O’Neal Jr., LSU Health Sciences professor and medical director of with the help of industry partners research at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in 14 Baton Rouge, contacted Cormier and Christofferson to see if they could provide coronavirus test kits to local healthcare facilities. Not only could they could provide the medium, but in just they also had expertise in the polymerase chain reaction and 100+ (PCR) testing required to detect genetic components of LSU employees 30 days coronavirus. Working with local hospital officials, they were able to stand-up the RRTL, with Dr. Beverly Ogden, medical director of the pathology department at Woman’s Hospital

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 15 ANSWERING THE CALL

Baton Rouge, serving as the lab’s “We have learned to set up the 384-well PCR plate. The plate medical director. was usually on the PCR machine in just over The team supplied much-needed a lot, and we are an hour, and the PCR then ran for two hours. coronavirus testing kits, which The team then communicated the results to was enabled by the expertise and still learning. I’m the physicians. knowledge of respiratory viruses and One of the reasons the RRTL was able sampling protocols by Cormier. This hoping we can use to process samples of highly infectious effort required a team member to agents is the presence of an on-site BSL-3 produce liters of viral transport media facility. A biosafety level (BSL), or pathogen/ that was pipetted into tubes. The tubes our experience protection level, is a set of biocontainment were then labeled and placed into a precautions required to isolate dangerous labeled bag along with a Centers for as a model for biological agents in an enclosed laboratory Disease Control-approved swab and facility; the Centers for Disease Control a biohazard bag for distribution to future responses (CDC) specifies the levels, which range from hospitals and other testing sites. the lowest biosafety level 1 (BSL-1) to the At its peak, the lab was serving to pandemics.” highest at level 4 (BSL-4). Biosafety level 3 eighteen medical facilities. The routine is appropriate for work involving microbes that can cause serious and potentially lethal disease via inhalation. Even though the CDC lists diagnostic samples, including those for SARS- CoV-2 as BSL-2, the Christofferson explained, “The BSL-3 facility allowed us an extra layer of protection not only for ourselves and our team but for everyone. The equipment and other lab space that we have available to us by virtue of being faculty and virologists here means we have the capability to scale up as we did.” Added Cormier, “The LSU SVM does a tremendous amount of human biomedical research, specifically in the area of respiratory tract infections and lung biology. It was the perfect place to have set up this testing lab.” LSU had the personnel, expertise, materials, and facility to process coronavirus tests rapidly. “We did this because we were capable, and there was a need,” said Cormier. “First for coronavirus testing kits and then for running the tests, when the turnaround for test results at the time went from days to over a week. The need to provide the hospitals with rapid information grew quickly as personal protection equipment (PPE) grew limited. Our median turnaround time from collection to results was 1.58 days. For example, at one local hospital, they’ve mentioned that, on average, for every patient in isolation, twenty-three gowns, glove sets, and masks (PPE) are used daily. In other words, for every negative patient we were able to identify, the hospital could get that patient out of isolation and conserve very limited PPE.” was carefully choreographed. Once In addition to the RRTL team, the lab would not have been possible the ten-person team arrived at the lab, without support from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and collaboration one group started receiving samples and cooperation from Baton Rouge-area hospitals including Our Lady of the while other team members set up the Lake, Baton Rouge General, and Woman’s Hospital. Additional support was necessary process and equipment provided by the LSU President’s Office, the LSU Office of Research & Economic to inactivate the virus and run the Development, and the offices of Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy. RNA extraction. The extraction plate While the lab no longer processes coronavirus tests, the work continues for needed to be ready for the specialized Christofferson and Cormier. Said Christofferson, “With any new virus you have team working in a BSL-3 lab, led by to respect that you know nothing. And that’s how I approach these emerging Christofferson, who has more than a viruses. Because it’s easier to convince yourself that you have learned decade of experience working in high something when you aren’t arguing with false dogma. We have learned a lot, containment laboratories, and the other and we are still learning. I’m hoping we can continue to learn about this virus plates were loaded onto a robot to and inform treatment and preventative measures. The transmission patterns of extract the RNA. The PCR team set up the virus haven’t been unexpected, and I’m hoping we can use our experience the reagents and programmed a robot as a model for future responses to pandemics.”

16 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 COMBATING INEQUALITY IN HEALTH CARE

While African Americans make up about 32 percent of the Louisiana population, they represent roughly 56 percent of COVID-19 deaths, highlighting racial and economic disparities. Some of LSU’s brightest minds are part of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Their goal is to study and improve health outcomes and equity in the state.

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Female Male Unknown/ Other HIV DRUG PROMISING AS POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS RACE TREATMENT BY GINGER GUTTNER American Indian/ Alaskan Native Asian Black DURING A LECTURE ON THE MOLECULAR AND Native cell biology and immunopathogenesis of coronaviruses Hawaiian/Pl attended virtually by more than 125 people, Konstantin Other “Gus” Kousoulas, head of the Department of Pathobiological Unknown Sciences at the School of Veterinary Medicine, revealed that White the drug Nelfinavir mesylate (NFV, brand name Viracept), holds exceptional promise in limiting COVID-19 infections. ETHNICITY Viracept was developed as a protease inhibitor in the treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Hispanic/ The work revealed that Viracept inhibited the ability Latino of a key protein of the virus, the Spike Glycoprotein that Non-Hispanic/ protrudes from the surface of the virus and is also found on Latino the surface of infected cells, to facilitate membrane fusion Unknown of adjacent cells. Membrane fusion is crucial for virus entry into cells and spread of the virus from one cell to adjacent cells escaping the extracellular spaces and neutralizing antibodies. Viracept was able to inhibit membrane fusion at levels that are typically used in human patients to combat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections. UNDERLYING CONDITIONS Molecular modeling by Professor of Pharmacy Seetharama D. Jois and graduate student Achyut Dahal, both with Asthma Congestive the University of Louisiana Monroe College of Pharmacy, Cancer Heart Failure showed that Viracept may directly bind to the viral S Cardiac Diabetes glycoprotein. These results strongly suggest that Viracept Disease Hypertension should be investigated for ability to prevent virus spread Chronic Neurological especially during early stages of SARS-2 CoV infections. Kidney Obesity Also contributing to this work with Kousoulas are colleagues Disease Pulmonary Vladimir Chouljenko, Farhana Musarrat, and Rafiq Nabi.

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 17 An LSU team developed a mobile decontamination unit (MDU) from a food warmer used in commercial kitchens, restaurants, bakeries, and other food service providers. FRONTLINE SAFETY LSU Group Creates Mobile Unit to Decontaminate Masks BY RACHEL HOLLAND

IN ADDITION TO LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION The team, composed of members of the College of personal protective gowns in the Pete Maravich Assembly of Agriculture, College of the Coast & Environment, Center (PMAC), another group of LSU innovators worked College of Science, and the Office of Environmental together to develop a solution to a critical challenge Health & Safety, reconfigured the metal box with racks, facing health care providers in the coronavirus crisis: equipment, electronics, and specialized lamps in a how to increase the usability of their limited personal specific configuration to generate the energy necessary protective equipment (PPE). To solve that problem, the to deactivate the coronavirus and other viruses. “We LSU team developed an ultraviolet light-powered mobile are adapting that equipment to hold and sanitize PPE decontamination unit (MDU) from a food warmer. The masks through the use of ultraviolet, or UVC, light,” said tall metal box typically keeps food warm at restaurants, Bill Gibson, the coordinator of the LSU Coastal Studies bakeries, and other food service providers in their Institute Field Services Group. “The ultraviolet light allows commercial kitchens. medical staff to decontaminate the equipment quickly and “Reusing PPE that is designed to be disposable goes effectively before reusing it.” against every health and safety practice known to those in Like the gown production efforts in the PMAC, this the medical community. This decontamination unit could project was identified as a promising product by LSU’s provide some peace of mind for those on the front line of COVID-19 Quick Response Team and supported by the this fight,” said Michael Hooks, director of the LSU Office of Office of Research & Economic Development (ORED). The Environmental Health & Safety. prototype unit was built at Gibson’s home, with parts and

18 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 HELP IS ON THE WAY

BY ELSA HAHNE equipment sourced and provisioned by Andrew Cox, director of financial operations for ORED. Once parts were delivered WITH SUPPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA and the layout designed, unit production moved to the National Guard, students and staff at the LSU Stephenson Coastal Studies Institute’s Field Services Group and Louisiana Disaster Management Institute developed a tracking Sea Grant mechanical shops on LSU’s campus. system for critical commodities and people traveling To construct the unit, Gibson reconfigured the structure, across the state. The development of the tracking system, fabricated and assembled the electrical parts, and installed the called ComTrac, started as a way to closely monitor the UVC bulbs and sockets inside of a six-and-a-half-foot tall food transportation of people and vital resources, such as warmer. The warmer belonged to Mark Miller, field support food, water, ice, and tarps, during hurricanes. But with manager for the College of the Coast & Environment. Miller also the arrival of the coronavirus, other commodities became added the door to the unit. Chris Cleaver, research specialist in important, including ventilators and personal protective the Field Services Group, fabricated all of the needed parts and equipment. In a record six weeks, compared to the created a slide mechanism that allows the masks to hang inside. expected development time of six months, ComTrac 2.0 "LSU faculty, staff, and students are focusing their great was redesigned to monitor almost any kind of resource ingenuity, creativity, expertise, and stakeholder partnerships traveling by ground. to help solve the critical shortage of personal protective gear Users can see active as well as completed missions for our frontline health professionals and patients. This is one on a map, distinguish between military and civilian shining example of our total commitment to LSU’s mission. We operators, quickly contact drivers, keep track of are here for the people, industries, and State of Louisiana,” commodities and people being transported on each said LSU Vice President of Research & Economic Development vehicle, and know how much and how many have been Sam Bentley. delivered as part of the operation overall. Once Gibson assembled and installed the parts into the unit, the Office of Environmental Health & Safety tested it. “Our task was to come up with a testing and use protocol to make sure that it works, and that it is used properly by hospital staff,” Hooks said. “This decontamination unit could provide some peace of mind for those on the front line of this fight.”

Gibson said the concept had been previously proven effective by the University of Nebraska, but said the LSU- created unit is smaller and mobile. “Following their design and improving on their designs, we took the initial concept and looked for an effective way to adapt it to what we had on hand. We decided to scale the size of it down to allow for this to be set up in a smaller room that would be away from patients and medical staff. The idea was to make it portable and easier to use and set up,” he said. The group plans to manufacture additional units and will start by working with partners at LSU Health New Orleans. This allows the unit to be tested for effectiveness and ease of use. The project, nicknamed the “SaniTiger,” was funded by ORED. The office has been helping to fund other coronavirus-related research and development projects, which have included health care workers’ gown production, face shields, and hand sanitizer. The LSU-designed MDU has also received the The mostly student-developed tracking app will work for both miliary attention of the U.S. Department of Defense. The agency has and civilian missions to bring commodities (such as ventilators and offered feedback on design and decontamination approaches. PPE) or people to where they need to go. With customizable labels (bottom center), the app can be tailored for any large-scale operation or disaster event where it is important to connect the 'what' and 'who' to the 'where' and 'when.'

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 19 DEEPDRUG TEAM USES AI TO DISCOVER NEW TREATMENTS BY ELSA HAHNE

THE LSU DEEPDRUG TEAM, A current semifinalist for the IBM Watson AI X-PRIZE, is using artificial intelligence (AI) to discover new drugs. Although their work so far has focused mainly on antibiotics and antimicrobials, they are now working as quickly as they can to find new antivirals effective against coronavirus. The team is in the

process of retraining their AI by feeding Artificial intelligence helps map known antiviral peptides (AVPs) to different cell mechanisms by analyzing it large datasets of information and protein-protein interactions. The AVPs are then ranked by how effectively they can slow the propagation asking it questions – some with known of the coronavirus in the human body. answers – to see how well it is learning. Within days, they hope to have their AI “At the end, we should know which are the three begin suggesting new drugs, or drug combinations, to help save lives. or four drugs best suited to slow or prevent a Some of the drugs the AI will suggest would need to go through virus from propagating.” rigorous testing to show they’re safe and effective, but some would not. There are about ninety antiviral drugs on the market that have been enough data to render the artificial Sciences with a joint appointment approved by the FDA. It is possible intelligence “smart.” in the Center for Computation that DeepDrug’s AI will propose using One component of DeepDrug’s & Technology. “Now, we’re only one or a combination of them to software is called eDrugRes, which analyzing the human side; the different treat COVID-19. This could eliminate the team has been using to predict mechanisms through which viruses the need for clinical trials and drug resistance in bacteria. But the move and propagate in the body. significantly push up the timeline for way eDrugRes works, by analyzing the Because of the lack of data, we have to getting drugs to patients. Most of the protein-protein interactions in cells, can use a slightly different methodology.” FDA-approved antivirals available be applied to viruses as well. The team, with guidance from have so far been used to treat “Earlier, we looked at the protein- LSU immunotoxicologist Stephania HIV, hepatitis B and C, and herpes, protein interactions across many Cormier, is analyzing forty-five but could prove effective against different species, actually 18,000 known mechanisms, including how coronavirus as well. different bacterial strains,” said Adam a virus forms a bond with a host cell; To train their AI, DeepDrug is using Bess, an LSU computer science membrane fusion, the process through a dataset of 2,700 antiviral peptides graduate student who is working which a virus enters a cell; how a and associated targets. The reason with lead researchers Supratik virus unpacks its contents; how it for this is the limited number of Mukhopadhyay, associate professor in replicates itself; and how new copies FDA-approved antivirals that target the Department of Computer Science, of the virus then go infect other host influenza and positive-strand RNA- and Michal Brylinski, recent Rainmaker cells. “Essentially, we’re looking at type viruses, which coronaviruses are. Award winner and associate professor all of the different aspects of how a Available drugs simply don’t provide in the Department of Biological virus spreads throughout the body,”

20 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Mukhopadhyay continued. “And then we link these antiviral peptides with each of these mechanisms, associate them with specific protein pathways, and score them depending on how effective they are at inhibiting a particular mechanism. At the end, we should know which are the three or four drugs best suited to slow or prevent a virus from propagating.” “The mapping is a critical component,” Brylinski added. “If we cannot map the peptides properly, nothing is going to work. But if we can, we’ll establish very good connections between viral activity and specific drugs in one unifying framework. It’s challenging but exciting work.” If the team is successful, their AI could suggest antiviral drugs to reduce the impact of COVID-19 within mere days. The team is careful to point out, however, that their end result will be neither a vaccine nor a complete cure. “We cannot eliminate the virus from the body or prevent it from LSU graduate and Baton Rouge infecting more people,” Brylinski clarified. native Thomas Wimberly is an artist “What we can do is lower the threat and and designer. lower the mortality rate – especially for people with severe conditions who instead could have mild conditions. They’ll still get THOMAS infected, but they’ll survive. More people could survive the pandemic.” WIMBERLY’S A few drugs, such as chloroquine (and its derivative hydroxychloroquine, both GLOBAL used to prevent and treat malaria) along FOREFRONT with azithromycin and remdesivir, have been approved by the FDA for treating SARS-CoV-2 (betacoronavirus) infections. ARTWORK CREATED Most of these treatments were discovered by LSU graduate and Baton through trial and error in different parts of Rouge native Thomas the world. What DeepDrug proposes is a Wimberly was displayed on a New York City hospital this principled approach to drug discovery and spring as part of an effort to thank essential workers during the drug repurposing (meaning, established coronavirus pandemic. drugs are used to treat new or different Wimberly, art director at Studio Number One in Los Angeles, conditions) based on datasets that would earned his BFA in graphic design in 2014. He worked with be too large – or at least quite slow – to Amplifier, a design lab that “Builds Art to Amplify the Voices of process without the use of artificial Grassroots Movements,” which used his piece as the main image intelligence. Also, by helping to predict of its global call for health-themed art. the success/failure rate of a drug, the AI “The campaign was a global open call for art for imagery could prevent researchers from wasting associated with the current pandemic,” Wimberly said. “I’ve a lot of time exploring what are likely to worked with Amplifier in the past, and after I did my U.S. version be dead ends. DeepDrug’s AI would save of the Forefront poster, I decide I’d make a global version to help time exploring the currently FDA-approved promote the campaign since the image was resonating with antivirals to see if they could treat COVID-19 people so well.” as well – along with many possible Read his story at lsu.edu/mediacenter/ combinations with other antivirals and drugs. news/2020/04/23wimberly.rh.php.

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 21 ON MARK BENFIELD’S FREQUENT WALKS around his neighborhood, one thing has become PROF LEADS increasingly clear – the amount of disposable synthetic rubber gloves littering the street. While most people would probably just continue to walk by, Benfield decided to launch EFFORT a global research project to map the amount and types of this new class of trash. He calls it waste PPE (personal TO MAP MEDICAL TRASH ONE protective equipment), which includes disposable masks, gloves, and disinfecting wipes, used prevalently since the NEIGHBORHOOD AT A TIME coronavirus pandemic. So far, he’s received nearly 2,000 BY ALISON SATAKE images of this type of trash from citizen scientists and colleagues participating in this project from their neighborhoods around the world. “This project enables me to dovetail authorized exercise with data collection. I’m logging about thirty-three miles of walking a week while collecting useful data and complying with public health safety guidelines,” said Benfield, a professor in

“If what we’re finding on the streets winds up in our waterways and then the ocean, we’re compounding an already frightening problem.”

the Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences in the College of the Coast & Environment. Thirteen citizen scientists and scientist colleagues are helping Benfield collect data in their neighborhoods in New York City; Long Island; Providence, Rhode Island; Chicago; Tulsa; New Orleans; Seattle; San Diego; and Oahu in the U.S., as well as in Toronto; Hong Kong; Taipei; Shenzhen, China; and Canakkale, Turkey. The project’s data collection methodology is simple – use a fitness app to track your movements and take close-up geo-tagged images of each piece of PPE trash. So far, more than 1,400 images of this type of medical trash has been documented in New York City alone. By surveying the same streets in a neighborhood repeatedly, Benfield can see if quantities of this type of litter are increasing or decreasing. “Increases will allow us to estimate rates of accumulation. Decreases, particularly after rainfall events, may suggest losses to storm water systems and ultimately transport into rivers and the oceans,” he said. Benfield’s research in recent years also has been mapping plastic trash in the environment. Specifically, he surveys and analyzes microplastics in the Mississippi Disposable PPE photographed and geo-tagged River, the Gulf of Mexico, and on barrier islands in Louisiana. Last year, his work by participants in LSU Professor Mark Benfield's using a drone to map plastic trash on barrier islands was recognized by the project to map the quantities and types of personal protective equipment, or PPE, trash National Geographic Society when his team was selected as a finalist in the data littering neighborhoods around the world. visualization part of the Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge. “Most plastic garbage

22 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 is destined for the oceans,” he said. “What’s most disturbing is that I’m already seeing waste PPE in our waste water canal here in Baton Rouge. In every city, we find them next to or near storm drains. They are one rainfall away from going to the sea.” Experts estimate that more than nine million tons of plastic garbage ends up in the ocean each year. “If what we’re finding on the streets winds up in our waterways and then the ocean, we’re compounding an already frightening problem. If you think a sea turtle finds plastic shopping bags an attractive meal, wait until they find a plastic glove. I can’t imagine a more jellyfish- like piece of garbage,” he said. The availability of waste bins in public can make a difference though. For example, in Shenzhen, China, the amount of PPE trash seems less, possibly because there are dedicated Fisherman Douglas Olander standing with a load of garfish. Photo: Marine Extension Agent Thomas Hymel with Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter. PPE disposal bins commonly found in public. “Obviously people view these items as being contaminated with the virus. They don’t want them in their cars or their pockets. In my BOAT TO TABLE BY ELSA HAHNE neighborhood there are only two public trash cans, so rather than carry them around, I suspect people dump them,” Benfield said. “What has struck me is that I often find discarded items AS RESTAURANTS STARTED CLOSING DUE TO THE in surreptitious places. People seem to coronavirus, normal supply chains for Gulf seafood began breaking. know that they shouldn’t throw them Louisiana fishermen who were already living catch to catch to afford their out into the environment, so they toss boats and feed their families suddenly didn’t know where to bring their them in an area where they are not product once back on shore. The freezers at the large seafood processing easily seen.” companies were full, or filling up, and labor became unreliable. So far, the quantity of medical trash Little did Louisiana Sea Grant College Program Executive Director Robert found on the street is proportional Twilley know that a network he and his colleagues have been building to its availability in specific regions. for ten years would help keep the state’s vital seafood industry afloat at For example, gloves and disinfecting an unprecedented and strange time. Established in 2011, Louisiana Direct wipes are more widely available than Seafood (LDS) has helped commercial fishermen, shrimpers, crabbers, disposable masks in the U.S. and and oyster harvesters sell a portion of their catch directly to the public at therefore comprise the majority of the premium prices to offset sinking dockside prices due to imports, increased medical litter documented through this fuel costs, and the financial wreckage of 2019’s floods. project. However, disposable masks “A big part of what we do with Sea Grant is education,” Twilley explained. are more available, and prevalent as “Especially through our Louisiana Fisheries Forward program that we run litter, in Turkey and China. together with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. First of all, To help with this global effort we had to figure out if we were defying the governor’s stay-at-home order by and document the waste PPE telling people to go to a dock and pick up seafood. We’re not; there’s a statute in neighborhoods, email that says that you’re allowed to go acquire food for your family. But how do [email protected]. we make sure the food is handled safely, and people are being safe during pick-up and delivery – that takes education – and we also have to be ADA

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 23 BOAT TO TABLE

compliant. We’ve spent ten years teaching the LOUISIANA SCIENCE industry these things and AND ENGINEERING FAIR teaching how GOES VIRTUAL to operate on BY FERRIS MCDANIEL the internet.” Even the commercial processors have started coming FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY, THE around to the Annual Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair idea. Instead (LSEF) was conducted virtually during the final two of seeing weeks of March – an endeavor spearheaded by Lisa fishermen’s Graves, director of LSEF and manager of LSU Online direct sales as and Continuing Education’s Pre-College and Osher competition, Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) programs – due to albeit small, LDS the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus. has become a It was important to Graves and her team to maintain way for the overall industry to weather a massive storm and the longstanding process of the fair, especially keep fishermen on boats once supply chains eventually return since they had the resources and staff on campus, to normal. To find out about one-off events, including pop-up whether it was Information Technology Services (ITS) markets and dock sales, consumers subscribe to LDS. The or marketing, to assist in the transition. The strong program operates in four areas along the coast: Southshore foundation for virtual learning LSU Online has been New Orleans; Lafourche/Terrebonne Parishes; Delcambre, building, with the support of the University’s overall south of Lafayette; and Cameron – going from east to west. mission to invest in online infrastructure, helped make Each area has active fishermen posting what they’re catching the changeover a success. in a “Find Your Fresh Catch!” blog-style format. While other states cancelled their state science In one weekend, marine extension agents Thomas Hymel fairs altogether, Graves and her team felt it was in New Iberia and Julie Falgout in Houma, who work for important for students to present their research, both Sea Grant and the LSU Ag Center, helped a Louisiana which is oftentimes gathered for more than a year, no fisherman move 5,000 pounds of freshly caught red snapper matter what. “Our students are priority,” Graves said. by calling up Frank Randol, the owner of Randol’s restaurant “We needed to make sure we followed through and in Lafayette, who happens to have a large parking lot that appreciated their hours and hours of research. Some enabled a drive-through market. “I called Frank,” Hymel of these students travel to labs across the state and recalls. “And I said, ‘Hey, can this guy come over there and to the coast to do research. We needed to show our sell some fish at your place?’ It was a salvage operation, appreciation for what they’re bringing forth because basically. And the only way for Lance to keep working was they’re the next generation of scientists at LSU.” to try doing this pop-up – he didn’t have a market anymore, Graves’ team organized an online system whereby and he had fish. So, we were there from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on students could upload their formal research plans (some Saturday, with cars lined up thirty-deep for two and a half of which were up to thirty pages long), an abstract, and hours, and the last car bought the last fish. He sold out.” a picture of their project board for judges to evaluate The next weekend, they helped with a standard rubric and criteria. Though one-on-one set up another popup in the same lot with shrimp boat interviews between judges and participants weren’t captain Lance Nacio of Montegut, who sold not just possible, judges reviewed materials over the course of snapper but twenty-pound grouper and tilefish. “Fishermen five days and chose winners based on the detail of the like Lance Nacio are likely to come out of this coronavirus research and the conclusion formed. experience and thrive,” Hymel added. “He’s changing his The fair included 406 projects by 469 students from whole business operation, moving away from commodity eighty-one private and public middle and high schools work. He’s an example of the direction folks are going. And across the state, including home-schools, in junior and speaking of slow food, sometimes you have to slow down senior divisions. Fifty-five judges, including working to speed up.” science and engineering professionals, current and

24 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 2020 LOUISIANA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR WINNERS

SENIOR DIVISION TOP SCHOOL Louisiana high schoolers with their presentation boards at the Louisiana State Science and Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Engineering Fair. Shreveport OVERALL WINNERS retired professors and teachers, and winners were still submitted to the various other experts, reviewed the international fair this year. They OVERALL 1ST: Ashini A. Modi, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, projects. The eminence of these judges will be included in the ISEF alumni for “Spatial Correlation of Binary is top-notch, Graves said, adding that base and will always be listed as Black Hole Mergers Calculated one judge had to drop out because his participants, which students can from Localizations of LIGO/Virgo expertise was needed at the Center include on their resumes when Detections of Gravitational Waves”; for Disease Control and Prevention. applying to colleges. According OVERALL 2ND: Ravdeep Warar, Additionally, Graves invited OLLI to Graves, many students’ science Caddo Parish Magnet High School, retirees, consisting of former educators, fair projects are among the main for “Retinal Endothelial Cell Surface to ensure a plethora of judges this reasons they are accepted into a Proteins and Oxidative Stress in year. According to her, these first-time research institute. Hyperglycemia” volunteers were impressed by the Many participants are already experience and, especially, the merit admitted into LSU or eventually JUNIOR DIVISION of research coming from middle or attend and continue working on TOP SCHOOL high schools and volunteered to judge their projects, Graves explained. Glasgow Middle School, again in the future. One previous finalist went through Baton Rouge Beyond hosting and funding the fair, the LSEF competition in high OVERALL WINNERS LSU acts as a resource for students school, attended LSU, will soon OVERALL 1ST: Benjamin Namikas, as they develop their projects. graduate from the University, and Glasgow Middle School, for “A Participants and their teachers are has mentored another student to Comparison of Plant Growth Using able to reach out to professors and participate in the LSEF. “Once you Four Salt Free Growth Systems”; researchers for guidance along the become an alumnus of science OVERALL 2ND: Czrya Calderon, way, Graves said. fair, whether it be the state or Glasgow Middle School, for Each year, Louisiana sends about international level, and you “Efficacy of Ginger and Sweet Mint two dozen projects to the International continue through your research, as Mouth Wash” Science and Engineering Fair, Graves it’s a contribution for many years to said – another reason it was important come,” Graves said. to keep the LSEF on schedule this year. “The Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair is a hidden gem,” Graves said. They wanted to meet international “Not many are aware of how successful the regional fairs are as well as the state scheduling to submit entries, even fair, not only to students, but to the state. They don’t realize the caliber of though the international fair has research by this age group, and how it encourages the community to get been cancelled. Regional and state more involved.”

Thanks to the Division of Strategic Communications for coordinating this issue’s cover story. Content for “Fighting Tigers on the Frontline” was created by Libby Haydel, communications specialist, College of Engineering; Ginger Guttner, communications manager, School of Veterinary Medicine; Rachel Holland, content coordinator, Strategic Communications; Elsa Hahne, assistant director of creative strategy, Office of Research & Economic Development; Alison Satake, associate director of research communications, Strategic Communications; Ferris McDaniel, writer/editor, Strategic Communications; Anna Long, assistant professor of psychology; and Tamara Mizell, senior writer/ editor, Strategic Communications. Photography: Eddy Perez/Strategic Communications; Yao Zeng/Physics & Astronomy; Elizabeth Shaw/Strategic Communications; John Pojman/Chemistry; Bill Gibson/Coast & Environment; Adam Bess/Computer Science; Mark Benfield/Coast & Environment; Thomas Hymel/ Louisiana Sea Grant; Theresa Kumse/Digital & Continuing Education; Milad Khanlou, LSU Engineering; and Brant Mitchell, Stephenson Disaster Management Institute.

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 25 MENTORING BATON ROUGE BIG BUDDY

BY ED CULLEN PHOTOS BY JOHNNY GORDON

26 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 MENTORING BATON ROUGE BIG BUDDY

When Big Buddy, a mentoring program that pairs adults Why the alumni magazine? Big Buddy sounds like a chapter of a national organization, but it began in with children and the other way around, turned forty, the Baton Rouge in an LSU classroom. It has grown, struggled, and prospered in program’s staff began thinking of ways to celebrate. Why Baton Rouge. Period. Big Buddy’s files say the not get in touch with the LSU Alumni Association about organization began before 1979 in the psychology classroom of Professor Marion Baum. No one can say how the a story in its quarterly magazine that would reach its far- name Big Buddy happened, but a good guess is that it’s what students at Christ flung readership? The message would be something like: “If the King Church on campus called it. Baum’s idea was that her students you were ever part of Big Buddy, adult, child, staff, volunteer, would be paired with children in need of an older friend who would take the Little Buddy places – the zoo, the we want to hear from and about you. Big Buddy wants to movies, the park, home, and the LSU campus. There were no background hear your story. Go to [email protected]. checks. If a student didn’t have a car, he or she walked to the Little Buddy’s house in the neighborhoods north of Call 225-388-9737.” the University.

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 27 Clockwise from top left: 1. Little Buddy Nyle Harris and Big Buddy Ryan Williamson smile for the camera. 2. Little Buddies, table at left, Markel Lee, Big Buddy Ariane Jones, Symir Adams, and Elijah Middlebrook; back table, Ryquise Bell, Nariyah Davis, Nijel Butler, and Big Buddy Tana Boudreaux. 3. Big Buddy Brandi Hebert chats with Little Buddies Ryquise Bell, left, and Nariyah Davis. 4. Big Buddy Bri’Anna Schroeder and Little Buddy Taylor Boudreaux.

Big Buddy might have ended after a few semesters had it Joel West’s salary paid for the free preschool in his house. not been for Mary West and a social welfare student named He did pro bono engineering work on subsequent spinoffs Jim Geiser. West’s daughter, three-year-old Anna, watched of his wife’s work. A cyclist and bicycle mechanic, West got Big Buddy grow. unclaimed, often decrepit, bicycles from city police. Working Anna West has become an educator and advocate of in his home shop, alone or with children, West provided a children in her own right. West’s Humanities Amped, Big bicycle to any child willing to help build one. Buddy, Front Yard Bikes, and a reading program called Line 4 Mary West’s pre-school lasted eleven years. Her Line may be forming a consortium in the near future to better husband’s bicycle repair shop for kids lasted for years, coordinate their programs for children. “I grew up seeing the too. Front Yard Bikes, the work of a teacher named Dustin concrete possibility of how this works,” West said. “I rode LaFont, is similar to Joel West’s work but the two efforts shotgun on it.” aren’t connected. If you can ride shotgun sitting cross legged on the floor Anna West describes her mother’s friendship with Geiser in the back of a Suburban driven by your mother surrounded like this: “Jim didn’t knock when he came to our house. He by a dozen other children, Anna West rode shotgun on came in like family.” West watched her mother and Geiser put Big Buddy. booster rockets on Big Buddy from the kitchen table. Mary West had read all the Montessori books before “Anna’s not a carbon copy of her mother,” Geiser said. launching a free, Montessori-style preschool for poor kids in “Anna has her own perspective, but they both have the same her family’s brick house on Stanford Avenue across the lakes good heart.” from LSU. The school was free and provided bus pickup – As Geiser got involved with Big Buddy as a student, the Suburban with the back seats removed. West’s students Mary West was on Christ the King’s social responsibility came from the neighborhoods along West Roosevelt Street. committee. She loved the stories Baum’s LSU students told University Terrace elementary school was ground zero. about walking up to children who lived near LSU to ask if If Mary West served poor kids with little fanfare, her they needed a Big Buddy to take them to the park or to get husband, Joel, an engineer, was the original invisible man. “I a hamburger. Today, Big Buddies get a standard background couldn’t have done it without Joel,” West said. check to be with children even on outings supervised by Big

28 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Buddy staffers. Before a Big Buddy may solo with a Little organization comes from the city-parish, state, and federal Buddy, he or she gets a State Police background check. Big governments, United Way, business and industry, and and Little Buddies are paired male to male, female to female. fundraisers that include “Dancing for Big Buddy” and the On a first budget of “about zero,” Geiser said, Mary West “Crawfish King Cook Off.” had begun recruiting LSU students to mentor children “We couldn’t do it without volunteers,” Mack said. In West knew from her visits to neighborhoods to collect addition to student and older Big Buddies, volunteers come preschoolers. “It was good people trying to do a good from industry, large and small companies, clubs, men’s and thing,” Geiser said. Big Buddy had taken on a life of its own women’s groups, and churches. and was growing. Under Mack’s leadership, Big Buddy has grown to It was time for Geiser to get a job that paid money. He got include character and academic development, tutors for an offer from the Boy Scouts. A car came with the job. Geiser children in poorly performing schools and work experience was giving scouting serious thought when Mary West got for the older children. Big Buddy supports after-school wind of it. “I can’t offer you a car, Jim,” West said. programs, holiday camps, career planning, and “But we need you.” summer enrichment. Geiser became Big Buddy’s first One Saturday morning, fourteen- executive director. “My last budget year-old Taylor Boudreaux, an eighth was, maybe, $100,000,” Geiser grader at Glen Oaks High School, said. “I really don’t know.” I guess I like having a was in an art class with other Little Big Buddy would lead to and Big Buddies. Boudreaux’s Geiser’s heading up a charter good influence on kids in Big Buddy, Mandy Jordan, was school and, eventually, moving picking Boudreaux up after the to Athens, Ga., where he started Baton Rouge. These guys are class to “go do something.” a program at the University of “In her SUV,” the Little Georgia called “Young Dawgs” appreciative. Someone from a Buddy said. after the university’s bull dog “I felt I needed more time mascot and fans. middle-class family might to have fun,” Boudreaux said. Today, Big Buddy is still “Mandy and I go places, movies, synonymous with Baton Rouge. take it for granted. regular places. My mother doesn’t “We talked about getting involved like going places. Dad had surgery. with Big Brothers and Big Sisters They cut off his leg.” nationally,” Geiser said, “but it would have Boudreaux wants to be a history taken away from what we were doing in Baton teacher, a lawyer. or a hair stylist. “Mandy has Rouge. Why pay another organization and take away her own business. I want to do that, too.” our Baton Rouge identity?” Bri’Anna Schroeder, a Southern University student from Big Buddies have a way of staying on as volunteers and Albuquerque, N.M., on soccer scholarship, is majoring in staff members. therapeutic recreation. Schroeder’s time as a Big Buddy Executive Director Gaylynne Mack came to Baton Rouge helps prepare her for a career working with disabled children, from New Orleans to go to LSU. As a freshman in 1986, Mack she said. became a Big Buddy. “Some folks came to my dorm looking Ryan Williamson is a civil engineer with the firm S&ME, for volunteers for Big Buddy,” Mack told the Baton Rouge has been a Big Buddy for eighteen months. His little buddy Advocate. “I’m from a huge family so I thought, ‘Hey, I can is Nyle Harris who has two sisters and a brother in Big hang out with some kids, that’ll be fun.’” Buddy. Williamson and Harris’ mom arrange outings by If Geiser has trouble remembering his budget, Mack has the text. “I guess I like having a good influence on kids in figures at her fingertips. “Two million dollars a year,” she said. Baton Rouge,” Williamson said. “These guys are Big Buddy serves 1,400 young people from grade school appreciative. Someone from a middle-class family might to graduating high school seniors. The money to run the take it for granted.”

Ed Cullen, an LSU journalism graduate, is author of Letter in a Woodpile, a collection of his essays for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” He is retired from the Baton Rouge Advocate where he wrote the Sunday column “Attic Salt.”

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Bhuvnesh Barti, assistant professor of chemical engineering, received the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for his research, “Helical propulsion for tunneling through porous membranes.” The aim of the research is to better understand the underlying mechanisms of active particle transport through complex environments. The award is $556,200 over five years.

Robb Brumfield, associate dean of research and administration in the College of Science, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement Bhuvnesh Barti Robb Brumfield of Science. Fellows are chosen because of their efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Brumfield’s research focuses primarily on the evolutionary genomics of birds.

Winston G. DeCuir, Jr., formerly a partner in the law firm of DeCuir, Clark & Adams in Baton Rouge, was named LSU vice president of legal affairs and general counsel in March. He serves as chief legal adviser to the LSU president and the Board of Supervisors. DeCuir received his bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Winston G. DeCuir, Jr. Willis Delony Willis Delony, Boyd Professor of Piano and Jazz Studies in the School of Music, was named winner of the 2020 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. In a career spanning more than four decades, Delony has won acclaim as one of the nation’s leading classical/jazz crossover artists.

Barb Dutrow, professor of geology and geophysics, now has a scientific namesake – dutrowite – a newly discovered variety of tourmaline. The honor, bestowed by the International Mineralogical Association, recognizes Dutrow's

Barb Dutrow Gabriela González contributions to mineral sciences and crystal chemistry, particularly with respect to her work on the utility of tourmaline and the mineral staurolite for recording chemical signatures of geologic processes.

Three LSU scientists are included in National Geographic’s list of the top twenty scientific discoveries of the last decade.Gabriela González, professor of physics and astronomy, works with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational- wave Observatory (LIGO) in Livingston Parish that was the first to detect the kind of gravitational waves first theorized about by Albert Einstein;Juliet Brophy, assistant professor of geography and anthropology, was part of a team that Juliet Brophy Christopher Austin discovered fossils of a new hominin species, Homo naledi; Christopher Austin, associate professor of biological sciences, was part of a study of the world’s smallest known vertebrate, P. amauensis, a new species of frog about the size of a housefly that was discovered in Papua New Guinea in 2010. González also was named a 2019 American Astronomical Society (AAS) Fellow for achievement and extraordinary service to the field of astronomy and the society.

Stacia Haynie, executive vice president and provost, was named to Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2020 class of Influential Women in Business. Stacia Haynie Alyssa Johnson Alyssa Johnson and Adam Bohnert, assistant professors in the Department of Biological Sciences and experts in cell and molecular biology, have discovered a new class of lysosomes that they refer to as “tubular lysosomes.” The breakthrough could lead to medical therapies and treatments to slow – or even reverse – aging and disease in humans and animals. The researchers received a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to advance their work.

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30 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Hayley Johnson, head of LSU Libraries Government Documents and Microforms, received the 2020 Margaret T. Lane Award for her exemplary work. The award is sponsored by the Government Documents Round Table of the Louisiana Library Association to recognize an individual or organization that has made an especially significant contribution in advancing access to, or use of, government information in Louisiana.

Clay Jones was named chief human resources officer in February. Jones comes to LSU from Ole Miss, where he has worked for almost twenty-three years, Hayley Johnson Clay Jones finishing his tenure there as assistant vice chancellor of administration and human resources. He was previously at the University of Southern Mississippi. He holds an M.B.A. from Southern Mississippi, a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Ole Miss, and a bachelor’s in business administration from Mississippi State University.

Arlo Landolt, Ball Family Professor Emeritus of Physics & Astronomy, was named a 2019 American Astronomical Society Fellow for achievement and extraordinary service to the field of astronomy and the society. Arlo Landolt Benjamin Kahan Benjamin Kahan, associate professor in the Department of English and the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is one of 175 scholars, artists, and writers selected from a group of almost 3,000 applicants and appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, representing the humanities in the field of literary criticism. Kahan’s areas of research interest include the history of sexuality, American literature, and international modernism.

Jared Llorens, chair of the Department of Public Administration and holder of the Jared Llorens Louay Mohammad John W. Dupuy Endowed Professorship, was named interim dean of the E.J. Ourso College of Business. Llorens received his Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Georgia, his M.P.A. from the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Loyola University, New Orleans. He is a former presidential management intern and served as a human resources specialist with the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Office of Personnel Management from 1999 to 2003. Prior to his tenure at LSU, he was a faculty member in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Kansas. Renée Boutte Myer Alexandra Noël Louay Mohammad, the Irma Louise Rush Stewart Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering received the highest level of peer recognition upon his selection as a member emeritus of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Transportation Research Board Committee on Surface Requirements of Asphalt Mixtures. He was appointed because of his continued leadership and dedication to standing committees and for being an ambassador in the subject of highway construction materials, pavement design and analysis, and infrastructure sustainability.

Renée Boutte Myer, director of advocacy and outreach in the College of Human Sciences & Education, was honored at the Leading Lady Conference in Baton Rouge in January. The ceremony recognizes female business leaders representing Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Georgia who have attained success by leading with class, character, and charisma.

Alexandra Noël, assistant professor of comparative biomedical sciences at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, is conducting a two-year research project funded by the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to collect, measure, and evaluate information on the impact of vaping on lungs.

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 31 Around Campus Noteworthy

Dandina Rao, professor of petroleum engineering, was named editor-in-chief of the international peer-reviewed journal Petroleum Science and Technology. Last year, Rao was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Inventors and honored by LSU with the Rainmaker Award, given to faculty who are nationally and internationally recognized for innovative research and creative scholarship.

Wesley M. Shrum, Jr., professor of sociology, was awarded a $100,218 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. Dandina Rao Wesley M. Shrum, Jr. The grant, titled “A Comparative Study of How Context Shapes Responses to COVID-19,” will be the first to address comparative issues in a pandemic across both occupations and countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, as well as to contribute data to the global understanding of the ways cultural and political contexts shape responses to pandemics. Shrum’s research team will interview participants in the United States, Ghana, Kenya, India, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, and China.

Robert M. Stuart, Jr., was named president and CEO of the LSU Foundation Robert M. Stuart, Jr. Matthew Valasik in February, after serving in an interim capacity since Jan. 1. Stuart’s extensive volunteer experience with LSU includes current service as the first chairperson of the LSU Foundation National Board; chairman of the LSU Real Estate and Facilities Foundation, an affiliate of the LSU Foundation; and immediate past chairperson of the LSU Foundation Board of Directors. During his term as chairperson of the LSU Foundation Board of Directors, Stuart led the board in preparing LSU for the launch of the $1.5 billion Fierce for the Future Campaign. Stuart holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance from LSU and completed the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School. Weiwei Xie Raymond Pingree Six LSU faculty members were selected to receive the Rainmaker Award for Research and Creative Activity from the LSU Office of Research & Economic Development. Rainmakers balance teaching and research responsibilities while extending the impact of their work to the world beyond academia and have established track records in securing external research funding and publishing in high-impact journals. The 2020 Rainmakers are Matthew Valasik, Department of Sociology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences; Weiwei Xie, Department of Chemistry, College of Science; Raymond Pingree, Manship School of Mass Communication; Michal Brylinski, Department of Biological Sciences, College Michal Brylinski Jinx Coleman Broussard of Science and Center for Computation & Technology; Jinx Coleman Broussard, Manship School of Mass Communication; and Samithamby “Jey” Jeyaseelan, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine.

The National Science Foundation selected eleven U.S. schools to join its Scholarship for Service program this year. LSU will receive $3.4 million in funding, which will cover educational expenses, travel, professional certifications, and cash stipends ($25,000 per year for undergraduate students; $34,000 per year for graduate students) for twenty-one LSU students over the next five years. Upon graduation,

Samithamby “Jey” they will have guaranteed jobs in government service waiting for them. Jeyaseelan The Center for Academic Success was designated by the National College Learning Center Association as one of only a few Learning Centers of Excellence in the country. The association, which represents more than 1,500 learning centers, supports higher education learning centers through professional development, certifications, standard setting, and awards.

32 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 2020 FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARDS Thanks to your generous support, the LSU Alumni Association annually provides funds to sponsor awards recognizing outstanding teaching and research. Your investment in our programs of scholastic excellence truly transforms the lives and work of LSU’s distinguished faculty and outstanding students.

LSU ALUMNI PROFESSORSHIP LSU DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD Fahui Wang, Geography & Lori Bade, Music; Julia Buckner, Psychology; James T. Cronin, Biological Anthropology, Cyril & Tutta Vetter Sciences; Edward Laws, Environmental Sciences; Sunyoung Park, Alumni Professorship Leadership & Human Resource Development

LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RISING FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARD Nichole Bauer, Mass Communication; Jennifer Brum, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences; Inessa Bazayev, Music; Karen Maruska, Yu “April” Chen, Education; Brant C. Faircloth, Biological Sciences; Amin Kargarian, Electrical Biological Sciences; Matthew Valasik, Engineering & Computer Science; Revati Kumar, Chemistry; Junhong Liang, Oceanography Sociology; Kehui Xu, Oceanography & & Coastal Sciences; Alexandra Noel, Comparative Biomedical Sciences; F. Richard Roberts, Coastal Sciences Agricultural & Extension Education & Evaluation; Raymond P. Tucker, Psychology

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Distinguished Law Alumni – Eight LSU Law alumni were recognized at the school’s 2020 Distinguished Alumni Celebration in March. Longtime LSU Law Professor William Crawford, Hon. Ernestine Gray, the Hon. Guy Holdridge, and attorneys H. Alston Johnson, III, and James P. Roy were honored as Distinguished Alumni of the Year. Distinguished Achievement honorees were attorneys Glenn Armentor, John M. Madison, Jr., and Mary Olive Pierson.

From left, LSU Interim President Tom Galligan, Glenn Arementor, James P. Roy, Mary Olive Pierson, William Crawford, the Hon. Ernestine Gray, H. Alston Johnson, III, John M. Madison, the Hon. Guy Holdridge, and LSU Law Interim Dean Lee Ann Lockridge.

Club President Gail Cramer, right, presents a $500 check to LSU Alumni Association Interim President Gordon Monk in appreciation of the support the Association offers the retirees group and to assist the Association in its many endeavors.

From left, Joni Catanzaro, Cindy Rougeou, Dana Vicknair, Katherine Whitney, and Mary Boudreaux. LSU Retirees Club – St. Vincent de Paul Society President Michael Acaldo spoke to the LSU Faculty and Staff Retirees Club in February detailing the mission and achievements of the society, which in 2019 filled more than $1.4 million worth of prescriptions for the needy in its twelve-parish region around Baton Rouge. In March, Dana Vicknair, director of the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL), and Cindy Rougeou, director of the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, updated LSU members on the state of their programs. Also on hand was Katherine Whitney, TRSL deputy director. The club meets monthly for From left, Roland Dommert, Jintana Cochran, St. Vincent de Paul Society President Michael Acaldo, talks, tours and social activities. Judy Lithgoe, and Jerry Exner. Photos by Mark Claesgens

34 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 TIGER TRIVIA

1. What caused the Tiger football team to play only two games in the 1897 season? Too many ineligible players A yellow fever epidemic that gripped much of the South Not enough interest in football Not enough money to support football 2. The last yellow fever epidemic to affect Louisiana delayed the start of classes at LSU. When did this happen? 1897 1900 1905 1908 3. Who was LSU’s president during the events in questions 1 and 2? Thomas Boyd David Boyd Thomas Atkinson Troy Middleton

4. When did the LSU Museum of Art open in the Memorial Tower? 2005 1987 1957 1962 5. When did the art museum move to the Shaw Center for the Arts? 2010 2005 1962 1959 6. Who were the first two female faculty members in the English Department? Mercedes and Louise Garig Helen Gunderson and Jane DeGrummond Caroline Durieux and Shirley Tucker and Margaret Dixon Meredith Blackwell 7. Who were the first two female Boyd Professors at LSU? Mercedes and Louise Garig Helen Gunderson and Jane DeGrummond Caroline Durieux and Shirley Tucker and Margaret Dixon Meredith Blackwell 8. Which LSU president served on Jefferson Davis’s staff during the Civil War? David Boyd William Tecumseh Sherman William Preston Johnston Troy Middleton 9. How many wonen’s dormitories did LSU’s new Baton Rouge campus have when it opened in 1925? None One Two Three 10. Which military branch owned the building that became McVoy Hall dormitory before it was purchased and moved to campus after World War II? The US Army The US Navy LSU Alumni Association staffers Grad Fair – The US Air Force The US Marine Corps Ali Brooks, Brittany Ernest, and Brandli Greer (center, top photo) were on hand at Grad Fair to 11. Which building served as the main cafeteria until 1950? help seniors take care of graduation details. The The Union Prescott Hall Association, a major player in the two-day event, Graham Hall Foster Hall signed up 375 spring graduates in its Recent Grad 12. When did LSU award its 100,000th degree? Program, a joint venture with the Tiger Athletic 1869 1935 Foundation. New enrollees received their first 1978 1981 “LSU Alumni” gear along with membership benefits including Young Professional Networking events Tiger Trivia is compiled by Barry Cowan, assistant archivist,

and opportunities for affordable athletic tickets. Hill Memorial Library.

c 12: d; 11: b; 10: a; 9: c; 8: d; 7: a; 6: b; 5: d; 4: a; 3: c; 2: b; 1: Answers:

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 35 Around Campus Employees Honored for Service

25 YEARS Francis Babcock Veronica Bihm Kim Breaux Arcade Faucheux Cathy Luquette John Protevi Sonya Watts Laura Wiley Sheri Wischusen John Anderson Kristy Anthony Verge Ausberry II Melinda Braud Bernard Braun II Susan Crochet Kevin Duffy Janet Dugas Marie Evans Frederick Fellner More than 100 LSU employees with twenty-five or more years of service Ari Fisher were honored at the annual Employee Recognition Program last spring. David Floyd Soula O’Bannon-Bennis, tutorial coordinator in the Department of Rodney Glynn Mathematics, received a fifty-year award, and James Hardy, Jr., professor Cassandra Jackson of history, was recognized for fifty-five years of service. Andrea Jones Reginald Jones Philip Kennedy Laurie Herrin Janice Goodloe Daren Launey Michael Hooks John Hawke Timmy McQuirter Lesa Jeansonne Faik Koray Dwayne Morris Pam Monroe Roger Laine Albin Murtagh Ioan Negulescu Norimoto Murai Irene Newbill Sylvia Nettles Carter Charles Thompson Daniel Paulsen Amy Parrino Richard Pincomb Steven Pomarico 40 YEARS Sai Pinnepalli Diana Reynolds Joyce Stevenson Ann Polito Maria Riggio Margaret Brewer John Schiebe Lisa Roundtree Ramona Busby Miriam Segar Christopher Schwehm Marlene Caballero Jennifer Shorts Michael Smith Wanda Carrier Vester Slawson Jr Craig Stevens Darla Dao Tommy Smith Pamela Vinci Dianne Lindstedt Jeremy Songne J. Kevin Wagner Neil Mathews Jason Vincent Roberto Wong Michael Moore Edward Watson III Lois Stewart Vincent Wilson 35 YEARS Glenn Sumners Reginald Berry Vickie Thornton 30 YEARS Rita Farrar George Voyiadjis Tammie Tibbitts M. Michele Forbes Les Butler John Hogan 45 YEARS Young Chun Susan Allen A Ravi P. Rau; Lori Davis Karen Bahnsen David Blouin; Thomas Diamond John Borne John Malone Jr. Dawn Evans Nathan Brener Juhan Frank Steven Cardiff 50 YEARS Bill Gibson Tryfon Charalampopoulos Soula O'Bannon-Bennis Wanda Hargroder William Constant Barry Hebert Mark Ewing 55 YEARS James Hardy, Jr.

36 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 37 Around Campus Royal Rookery Restoring Queen Bess Island

By Libby Haydel It’s been fifty-one years since the brown pelican was reintroduced to Louisiana after the species completely disappeared from the state due to pesticide use in the 1960s. Since then, the pelicans have thrived on Queen Bess Island, making it the third largest brown pelican rookery in Louisiana. Another battle looms, however. Over the years, Queen Bess Island has been sinking and eroding into the Gulf of Mexico, leaving less than five acres of suitable land for the pelicans to nest. Racing against the clock, engineers like biological engineering alumna Amanda Phillips are working to restore the island’s nesting area to its once-vast size, giving the state bird another chance to prosper. “This project is different than others,” Phillips, a coastal engineer for Fenstermaker in New Orleans, said. “In many respects, a lot of the projects that have been constructed over the years have been general sense-type projects. But with this project, you had something to identify with – Some of the Queen Bess Island project team members are, from left, Garvin Pittman (1992 pelican and tern habitat. It’s tangible.” BACH ENGR), Katie Freer, Todd Baker (2015 BACH Queen Bess Island, a patch of land about two miles north of Grand Isle in ENGR), Jacques Boudreaux (2009 BACH ENGR, Barataria Bay, produces 15-20 percent of the state’s brown pelican nesting activity. 2012 MAST ENGR), and Amanda Philips (2000 BACH ENGR). The island is also home to sixty other bird species, among them egrets, herons, terns, gulls, roseate spoonbills, ibis, and others. During breeding season, a few thousand pelicans crowd onto five acres of land surrounded by old rock barriers. The goal of the restoration project, which Phillips has been working on since 2017, is to provide a quality habitat for these birds to nest. Working alongside the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and the U.S. Departments of Fish and Wildlife Services, Phillips designed the best way to restore and design the island in a small amount of time. “One of the nuisances of this project is they did not want any construction occurring when the birds show up to nest,” Phillips said. “There could be large ramifications if their nesting were affected. Wildlife and Fisheries really wanted the construction to happen after nesting season, which is after Sept. 15, and before nesting season started on March 15.” The project was approved in March 2019, a contract was awarded by June, and on Aug. 1 the contractor was able to take plant samples and start growing them in a greenhouse to later replant on Queen Bess Island. “It ended up going very Louisiana’s state bird, the brown pelican. smoothly and worked out well, which is a testament to all the people involved and knowing this project was so critical,” Phillips said. “It’s not a very Now in the final stages of completion, the Queen Bess Island project will provide thirty acres of restored brown pelican and wading bird habitat, along with large island, but it seven acres of nesting tern and black skimmer habitat. “It’s not a very large island, is isolated, so . . . but it is isolated, so there aren’t any predators on it,” Phillips said. “It’s very safe, and that’s what makes it special.” it’s very safe, and The restoration is expected to last at least twenty years, with money set aside that’s what makes for necessary upgrades. The $18.7 million project comes nearly ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf, and it is part of the billion-dollar settlement it special.” from British Petroleum. When all is said and done, Phillips will have had a hand in saving Louisiana’s state bird. “We all recognize this to be an ongoing issue, and we were able to bring our various skills to the table and develop a project that we are all proud of,” Phillips said. “It makes me beam every time I talk about this project because it has such a potential positive. It may help people have a better understanding of what coastal restoration and engineering is all about.”

Libby Haydel is a communications specialist at LSU Strategic Communications.

38 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 39 Locker ROOM Surprising Tiger Fan Lands LSU’s Best-Ever QB

When the Burrow family arrived The family oriented atmosphere on campus in May 2018 for Joe and the closeness of the LSU staff Burrow’s recruiting weekend, had a positive impact on the Burrow LSU’s coaching staff had no idea family. Dan believed that Orgeron had that there was a Tiger fan among made a good impression on Joe’s mother, Robin. them. Dan Burrow, Joe’s brother, But everyone in the family was had found the true religion in leaving the decision to Joe. A three- 2010, rooting for the Tigers with hour meeting with Coach O and the his friends in Houston. offensive staff was aimed primarily He would become a vital ally for at Joe. “It was an offensive meeting, Coach O in a recruiting mission that dealing with reads and progressions,” ranks among the most significant in Dan recalled. “Joe was impressive. He LSU football history. “My best friend, not only answered all of their questions, Brian "Gameday" Lamont, right, convinced his Brian ‘Gameday’ Lamont, is a Tiger he suggested audibles in several friend Dan Burrow, left, to attend an LSU Happy Hour, a function of the Houston Alumni Chapter, in fan,” Burrow said, “and he invited me situations, which seemed to please the 2010. Burrow had a good time, made new friends to an LSU Happy Hour in Houston. I LSU offensive staff.” and soon adopted the LSU Tigers as his team. liked the people, and soon I became That led to Dan making the closing sales pitch On the drive back to Houston, Dan for Joe to spend his last two seasons as the LSU knowledgeable about the Tigers.” got a call from Coach O. “What do you quarterback. Also in the picture at the 2019 Tiger “When Assistant Coach Bill Busch Tailgate is Joe Burrow's mother, Robin. think is best for Joe?” Orgeron asked. reached out to me, I think he did so Dan told him that he thought LSU because of our Nebraska connection, would be best, but he was going to let and the fact that he and my father, Joe make the decision. Jimmy, had known each other for years. “On Tuesday, I got another call from I don’t think he knew that LSU was my Coach O,” Dan said. “He told me, ‘man adopted team.” up’ and tell Joe what you think.’” Nebraska, where Jimmy had played Later, Dan sent Joe a text, asking and coached, where his two oldest him for an opportunity to discuss his sons, Jamie and Dan had played, recruitment. Joe responded by telling showed no interest in Joe coming Dan that he would look forward to their out of high school. When he decided conversation. At this point, Dan played to leave Ohio State, Nebraska again a major role in his brother’s decision. rejected him. As the Burrow family He emphasized that the Tigers were a interest in Nebraska diminished, it perfect fit. became easy for Dan to follow the “Joe always told me he wanted to Tigers with his Houston friends. play football at the highest level and Dan had time to think about the compete for a championship,” Dan said. possibilities of Joe playing at LSU “So, I told him that LSU is definitely a on his drive to Baton Rouge for the higher level.” family’s recruiting visit. “I was familiar “LSU is your best choice,” Dan told with LSU’s problems at quarterback him. “If you go to Cincinnati, the media over the years,” Burrow said. “I felt that will always be asking questions about Joe could help my unofficial team. I Ohio State. In Baton Rouge, they will thought: THIS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.” ask you questions about SEC games. At no time during the visit did You have an opportunity to play at the Dan talk with Joe about the highest level at LSU and compete for possibilities, however. a championship.” The Joe Burrow recruiting weekend Bill Busch and Coach O did some seemed to go well. Jimmy, a veteran good work in pursuing Joe Burrow. And college coach, was impressed by the there is no question the Tigers needed hospitality and how well everything a passer for their passing game. But was organized. Dan’s closing argument was essential

40 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 to clinching the deal. Nobody had as statement, Dan said the right thing at much credibility with Joe as his brother the right time. He even painted a word Dan. We all know Coach O can sell his picture of what playing in Tiger Stadium product. What most of us didn’t know might be like. is that he had the help of a sales pro Joe was still noncommittal. A week who understood the feelings of a passed. Then, Joe made a commitment brother he loved. to Coach Ed Orgeron. Joe arrived on Dan’s comment about media campus a few weeks later to begin questions on the Buckeyes had to LSU’s most exciting football journey ever. resonate with Joe, who was eager to put the Ohio State experience in the Locker Room is compiled and edited rear view mirror. by Bud Johnson, retired director of the No one knew how his brother felt Andonie Sports Museum and a former LSU Sports Information director. He is better than Dan. He knew Joe wanted the author of The Perfect Season: LSU's a fresh start. In a critical closing Magic Year – 1958.

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 41 Locker Room Football Adds High-Profile Staff

Nobody is picking the Tigers to repeat as national football champions, but you have to admire Ed Orgeron’s plan of action for the 2020 season. Orgeron will rely on a combination of a spread offense and an attacking defense to get LSU back into the College Football Playoffs. That is a formula he remembers well from his days as a young defensive line coach for the Miami

Bo Pelini Scott Linehan Bill Johnson Hurricanes – 1989 to 1992. Coach O coached the attacking defensive front four for Miami’s Dennis Erickson, whose Hurricanes won national titles in 1989 and 1991. You’ve probably heard of Orgeron’s high-profile additions hired in the off season by now – Bo Pelini, the defensive coordinator, Scott Linehan, the passing game coordinator, and running backs coach Kevin Faulk. Pelini, who will be in charge of the Tigers attacking defense, should be a familiar name to LSU fans. He was the defensive coordinator for the 2007 national champions coached by Les Miles. Coach O plucked Bo from the head coaching job at Youngstown State in Ohio to fill the LSU vacancy left by Dave Aranda’s Kevin Faulk departure to become Baylor’s head man. Most famous for fourteen years as an offensive coordinator in the NFL, Linehan replaces Joe Brady, who had joined the LSU staff a year ago after serving as a New Orleans Saints assistant. He replaced Jerry Sullivan, Orgeron’s passing game coordinator in 2018, who returned to the Tigers staff after a lengthy career in the NFL. There were other coaching vacancies that gave Orgeron an opportunity to make some interesting additions to his staff prior to the start of spring practice. When Dennis Johnson joined Aranda’s staff at Baylor, Orgeron chose Bill “Orgeron will rely Johnson, another NFL veteran, to solidify the vacancy as defensive line coach. Bill had replaced Dennis last fall after the young line coach suffered knee injuries on a combination playing basketball. of a spread offense When Tommie Robinson joined Texas A&M as running backs coach, Orgeron called on LSU legend Kevin Faulk, the Tigers’ all-time leading rusher, and a and an attacking three-time Super Bowl champion for the New England Patriots, to take over that defense to get coaching position. Faulk had previously served Orgeron as director of player development since 2018. LSU back into the It should be obvious if you are keeping score at home. Orgeron appears to be College Football partial to coaches with a pro football background. Offensive line coach James Cregg, defensive line coach Bill Johnson, and special teams coordinator Greg Playoffs.” McMahon also have extensive experience in the NFL.

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linebacker coach at Nicholls State for one year before Paul Pasqualoni of Syracuse hired him as defensive line coach in 1985, an opportunity that revived his career at the major college level. Orgeron credits Pasqualoni for helping him become a better coach on and off the field in three seasons at Syracuse. Two successful stints as an interim coach – at Southern Cal in 2013 and LSU in 2016 – convinced Orgeron and others that he was ready for a head-coaching job on a permanent basis. Players and staff endorsed his leadership style. “He is the complete coach,” said Jack Marucci, the Tigers’ Jack Marucci, LSU director of athletic training. nationally prominent director of athletic training, who has witnessed, as a staff Ed Orgeron had the hottest seat in member, the handiwork of Bobby college football at the start of the Bowden, Nick Saban, Les Miles, and 2018 season. By the end of 2019, Orgeron – all national champions – he was the hottest coach in the in his thirty-two years in athletics. game. He’s been highly respected “Orgeron has all the pieces.” in coaching circles as a recruiter, Indeed, Coach O checks all the boxes. Recruiter. Leader. Motivator. Coach O . . . won the big one. motivator, and defensive coach Visionary. The man had a plan to since his first tour of duty at USC develop a championship program. from 1998-2004. Orgeron has “When he makes a new hire,” Marucci landed highly recruited athletes for said, “he usually upgrades the staff.” Miami, Syracuse, USC, Ole Miss, Orgeron has developed a character USC again, and LSU. profile for use in the evaluation “The result was When USC hired Pete Carroll in of prospective recruits, according revolutionary. He 2000, he was so impressed with to Marucci. Orgeron’s energy and enthusiasm that “Many of our players on the national got some magical he asked Coach O to take on both championship team were three star performances from a recruiting coordinator and defensive recruits,” he said. “Most were high line coach responsibilities in 2001. The character kids with maturity and number of key athletes title of assistant head coach was added intelligence who worked hard and in the fall and the in 2003. He was named National developed into better players. He has a Recruiter of the Year in 2004. That led gift for evaluating players.” Tigers won it all.” to Ole Miss hiring him as head coach Marucci observed Coach O during in 2005. After a 10-25 record and only his time as defensive line coach and three SEC wins in three years, many recruiting coordinator at LSU in 2015. people thought Orgeron would never It was then that he felt that Orgeron get another chance as a head coach. would be a head coach again. Marucci He’d been down before and was not surprised when Orgeron bounced back. became the interim coach in 2016. A bar room fight ended a brilliant He was not surprised by the Tigers beginning as a young defensive championship season. “I expected line coach for Dennis Erickson’s two him to succeed here,” Marucci said. national championship teams at Miami “The players and the staff were rooting in 1989 and 1991. He was a volunteer for him.”

44 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Dave Aranda, upon becoming coordinator, then tight ends coach, Baylor’s head coach, paid tribute to and offensive coordinator again in Orgeron with this comment: "I told him successive seasons. that I have learned more from him, than What we’ve seen in Tiger Stadium any other coach I have been around.” recently has a lot to do with the lessons In interviewing for the LSU job, Orgeron learned from his mentors. Orgeron advanced the concept of Some believe his desire to adopt the paying the head coach less and the spread/RPO offense and the “attacking coordinators more. It was his way of defense” came from his time coaching retaining Aranda and making him the at Southern Cal in the PAC 10. highest paid assistant football coach in Orgeron worked for several coaches the country. This move not only led to who were instrumental in helping Coach O getting his dream job, it had a him develop into a championship major role in LSU winning the national coach. Erickson at Miami, Carroll at championship in 2019. Southern Cal, and Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints have all won the More on that later. ultimate prize. And they all played a Orgeron was a man possessed once role in Orgeron becoming what he calls, he became the head coach. He “a complete coach.” launched myriad improvement projects. He called for a major overhaul of the How did Orgeron’s retaining LSU offense. He hired Joe Brady from Aranda influence the national the Saints, and the installation of the championship? spread began last spring. The result • Aranda brought Bill Busch, the former was revolutionary. He got some magical Nebraska assistant coach, onto the performances from a number of key LSU staff in 2018 to coach the safeties. athletes in the fall and the Tigers won The two had worked together at it all. The headlines focused mostly Wisconsin and Utah State. on the record-breaking passing game and Joe Burrow, the Heisman-winning • In 2015, Busch was on the staff quarterback. Admittedly, it was a perfect at Ohio State, where a freshman match for the Tigers. Orgeron needed quarterback named Burrow captured a quarterback like Burrow. And Burrow his attention. He had been on the needed a coach to believe in him. Nebraska staff when Burrow’s brother Dan played for the It’s a beautiful story, but it’s not the Cornhuskers in 2004. whole story. Coach O’s primary influences, • Busch was excited when Joe Burrow, from top, Dennis Erickson, “One Team; One Heart Beat” is not Miami Hurricanes; Pete Carroll, just Coach O’s slogan. “The slogan in 2018, entered the NCAA transfer USC Trojans, and Sean portal to become a graduate transfer. Payton, New Orleans Saints. suggests that no one is bigger than the Erickson photo: Jon SooHoo/ program,” Marucci says. “If we get him, coach,” Busch told USC Athletic Department; Orgeron, “we’ll make the College Payton photo: Michael C. Improving the program has been Hebert/New Orleans Saints Orgeron’s mission. He made positive Football Playoffs.” changes to the coaching staff and • Orgeron put Busch in charge of the added analysts by the dozen. Every recruitment of Burrow. hire seemed right. A new special • Busch, invited Dan Burrow, Joe’s teams coach, Greg McMahon, made brother, to join the family on the an immediate impact on that phase recruiting weekend. He didn’t realize of the game. A new offensive line Dan was an LSU fan prior to the visit. coach, James Cregg, developed the nation’s best offensive line in two years. • Orgeron introduced Joe Burrow to Steve Ensminger was the ideal “team that Cajun favorite – crawfish. man” of the staff, serving as offensive And the rest, as they say, is history.

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Bachelor of Science Cecilia L. Acosta-Matute Danielle N. Debarbieris Brandon Foster Marisa Nicole McAllister Chesnie Sabrina Scull Morgan Michelle Acosta Hannah Elizabeth Delger Hernandez Lauren Nicole McFarland Allison H. Seward Abigayle Paige Alleman Dana deRiancho Alexander Paul Hildreth Savanah Shae Melch Subhan Shahid Ellen Lovisa Andersson Samuel D. des Bordes Alexis Noelle Hindt Meghan Elizabeth Melugin Demarcus Charles William Zachary Atkinson Micah J. Doyle Jr. Benjamin Charbonnet Arianne Simone Metoyer Shepherd Hannah Elise Barrilleaux Emily Rose Dubois Holden Alexandra A. Mitchell Kayla L. Sherman Hannah L. Batte Preston Aaron Dumont Aubrey Lynn Holt Amanda Lauren Monceaux Matthew C. Shockey Evan Bauer Grace Carol Duncan Melanie Denise Holton Diana Montoya Luke Patrick Simon Allison Elizabeth Belle Cicely Denise Dupre Megan Marie Jeanfreau Phillip Mooney David Blake Smith Cecilia Ashley Berryman Kimberly Marie Eckert Vivienne Susannah Johns Courtney Dylana Moore McKaila Darden Stafford Robert Alexander Beuerle Drew Michael Ellis Colby McLaurin Johnson Riley Ashlin Morris Joshua A. Stevens Naya M. Black Auston James Eschette Jennifer Nicole Johnson Brianna Leah Naquin Katherine Ruth Stevenson Allie Elizabeth Blestel Sedona Sky Essert Lauren Elizabeth Johnson Sarah Elizabeth Nele Alexis Jade Stringfield Evan Tyler Boatwright Chantelle Alise Fabre Lindsey Theresa Johnson Lindsey Catherine Newton Sarah Elizabeth Swiger Jessica Monique Bonin Allen M. Faulk Desiree M. Jones Jordan Lynn Nicholson Amelia Aline Talbot Kaylee Raeann Boswell Connor P. Favaloro Valeria Sofia Jones Kathryn Kay Dignos Megan Nicole Tassin Andre' David Boudreaux Erica Elise Fertitta Sean Brian Kelley Ocdinaria Audrey Elizabeth Taunton Bria D. Braden Travis James Fitzgerald Jacob Morris Kelly Marissa Antoinette Laura Ansleigh Bridget Marie Bradle Thea Rebecca Fjerstad Hannah Grace Kennady Orlando Thibodeaux Alex Breaux Cheyenne Alika Fouts Joseph T. King Jr. Fredrik Logan Osborn Ian Paul Thomas Ashley L. Breaux Alexis I. Fraino Adrienne Eleese King Meredith Elisabeth Paisant Sydni Noelle Tibbitts Emily F. Brossette Kaiser Joseph Franck Austin Travis VonBehren Danie Nicole Palmer Mattie Tiggleman Kowitz Tiera Charmaine Brown Christopher Freeman Haley Catalina Palmer Cameron Claire Toerner Ethan Howard Kraemer Katherine Marie Brunet Jennifer Anne Freitas Jade Sophia Palmisano Kristy Marie Trahan Michaela Scarlet Lachney Sarah Peyton Cagle Brooklyn Nicole Frerks Hollie Sarah-Jane Parker Jessica A. Trammel Theresa Anne LaForge Camila Yaneth Carrera Sara Elizabeth Funderburk Alison Marie Parson Carolyn Mai Tran John Christian Lahaye Alexandra Nicole Victoria Caitlin Gallo Hannah Nicole Passman Payton A. Tripp Andrew Michael LeBoeuf Cheramie Kentrea Jaschwan George Bailee Meagan Pipes Briana Tiffany Tumminello Han B. Lee Jenna Claire Estelle Bryce Michelle Gilbert Gavin Paul Pitre Nicholas Paul Uzee Rebekah Yejee Lee Cheramie Paige Elizabeth Goff Hannah N. Poche Nicole M. van Loo Rachel Olivia Lehrmann Brianna Dominique Cobb Shelby Lane Gorman Thomas Andrew Pousson Taylor Laurel Veney Khalid Tariq Lewis Hunter Allen Collins Austin T. Graham Madison Michelle Prats Michelle Olivia Vetter Ashley Paige Linn Katherine Harrison Combe Emily Elizabeth Gray Kaycie Renee Prejean Anthony Michael Vicellio Lauren Ashley Lister Corinne Rose Cook Jeanne-Marie Champagne Mary Michael McAdams Emily Elise Vince Elizabeth Kaitlyn Courville Guillot Brooke Brignac Quinn Nikki Mai Vu Lowenkron Christopher Paul Coyne Rebecca Helen Hahn Jessica Elise Quiroga Olivia R. Wall Molly Ann Lyles Ashley Theresa Crespo Brayton Ann Hammes Jacob Riley Ramagos Miette Anne Weaver Dina Claire Crochet Samantha Marie Mahsman Rosalind Carson Remsen Ashley Elizabeth White Georgia Nicole Hansen Pettibone Emily Catherine Curlin Logan Elizabeth Roddy Reed Michael White Elijah Hanzy, III Camille E. Marcel Dylan James Daboval Gabrielle C. Rodemann Joy A. Wilson Claire Elizabeth Harman Alexandra Marquez Destiny Tiyea' Davis Hayes D. Rousseau Sarah Jane Winterton Kendall Rene Haygood Kathleen Rose Marshall Jalen Daron Davis Caroline D. Ruppert Cora Kaielyn Woolsey Alexandra René Haynes Hunter C. Martin Kathryn Elena Czarnecki Emily Ann Heath Jessica Carter Brooke Elizabeth Jade Martindale Schaumburg Davis Gabrielle Elizabeth Hebert Yelvington Adrienne Dawson Chase Logan Mathey Eden Marie Schexnayder Andrew J. Zito, II

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Bachelor of Architecture Oscar Vincent Almengor Joanne G. Castro Tayler Sean Harrison Rebecca Lynn Maples Alexander Marcel Vinet, II Daniel Christopher Berg Jr. Austin Gardner Copete Courtney Chase Jones Cory Christopher Natal Allie Christine White James Ellard Bergeron Nicholas John Dubuc Pooja Lalwani Logan Chandler Osborn Chryshanna Tre'Anne Miguel Omar Bermudez Claire Elizabeth Duncan Cornisha Janae Lyons Malachi Rami Pursley MarShae Williams John Flynn Burleigh Kelsea Leigh Glorioso Jacob Adler Lyons Antonio Enrique Tejeda Molly Melissa Woods Pei Qi Yu

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 47 Bachelor of Fine Arts Sara Mohammed Abu Al Ryan Shay Carreca Zane daVinci Farrell Alexandra Krayer Breanne Elizabeth Carol Bassal Grace Kennon Brynn Anne Finney Lawrence Plaisance Sarah Emma Alexander Carruth-Taylor Isabella Danielle Lauren Ashton Leopold Malorie Elizabeth Pugh Amanda Songy Bacala Ann Maria Champagne Giambrone Bailey Samantha Lewis Madelyn Anne Regenold Dakota Payne Banos Jasmine Paige Chavez Wendy Ware Gilley Alex P. Marcantel Brooke Skylar Renton Lindsay Kathryn Barksdale Natalie Lynn Clark Madelynn Elizabeth Kailyn McCarley Angelica Francisca Susan Mary Bartol Ashley Renee Cook Grimley Autumn Mathile McCowan Richards Sydney Grace Belanger Grady Spurgeon Peyton Michon Hammond Shannon Kasey McGill Harry Riel Samantha Lane Blaeser Cunningham Josephine Kelley Hazard Katelyn Janelle McKneely Chayse Sampy Kimberlyn Marie Bossom Isabella Marie D'Amico Lindsey Taylor Henriques Casey Messinger Hannah Alyse Sonnier Caleb Michael Bourque Brady Denham Yerin Heo Andrea Lea Miller Kathryn Ann Spahn Baylor Irene Breeding Elizabeth Anne Duclaux Kenneth David Hilliard Margaret Erin Molloy Gabrielle Michele Stark Michael Ray Bushnell Samantha Patricia Durfee Rachel Lynn Hurt Aline Marie Moreaux Blaise Meredith Trusty Miranda Lynn Calongne Jonathan M. Ezebunwo Madelaine Davis Kobe Olivia Marie Ott

Bachelor of Interior Design Alaina Claire Bruce Taylor Peyton Ferris Lauren Grace Kinchen Avery Elisabeth Sofia Stella Russo Alexandra Tate Brunet Kristin Alix Fontenot Story Isabella Magidson Richardson Courtney Rae Schmitt Hannah Leigh Carls Hannah Elaine Gagnard Heather Jean McGraw Dwayne Montreal Camille Claudia Tharpe Laura Lynn Casanova Blake Jean Gauthreaux Morgan Renee McInnis Richardson Madeline Elizabeth Van Louise Rainey Charbonnet Gabrielle Marie Guidry Phoenix Grey Montague Emily Nicole Richardson Pelt Emily Michelle Chenier Cassie Jean Guilbeau Bryan Dean Nash Aleah Janelle Riley Jamie Hunter Wilson Alyssa Layne Cornelius Madison Jeanné Harrison Kim Thien Nguyen Mary Catherine R. Romaguera Krysten Josephine Culotta Julianne Beth Harwin Kelsey Renee Ralph

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Logan Jamisen Babin Taylor Hamilton Broom Cade Michael Hebert William Joseph O'Mahoney Scott A. Self Allison Mary Bodin Abigail Grace Chapman Charles Adam LaGreca Emily Anne Pixberg Ashton Leigh Wunsch Jessica Joanne Braud Brennan Lane Hatcher Chunfeng Lu Taylor Philip Richardson

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48 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Emma Marie Daigrepont Jonathan Michael Fresina Thomas B. Huckabay James Michael Lawrence Emily Allyson Miller Adam J. Daix Dominique Elizabeth Taras Jemal Hughes Jr. Jr. James Edward Mathis Mills Michael Jules D'Albor Frisard Hannah Lee Hughes LaQuintiss Lewis Lawson Christian Michael Minturn Paul Alexander Darr Luke Michael Fruge Grayson Thomas Hunt Brady John LeBlanc Jimi J. Mistry Bryce Dylon Dartez Jonathan Mark Fry Parker James Hunt John Joseph LeBlanc Victoria Marie Mitchell Coleton Ryan Dartez Dillon Andrew Fuchs William J. Hurley Michael Joseph LeBlanc Alexis M. Molero Brandon Anthony Daste Dominic Jones Garcia Grant Christian Hutchinson Nicole E. 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Etue Ava Hale Laird Macy Claire McElveen Jenna Renee Partimbene Benjamin Michael Hershey Madeline Estelle Eustis Edwin Grant Laizer Clayton John McGee Rina Shanta Patel John Rhorer Higdon Marley Jack Evans Kevin Quang Lam Stoney Bryanna McLarty Joanna M. Paz Emmaline Higginbotham Kevin Michael Finn Jonathan Armond Lambert Brandon Riley Means Joanna M. Paz Margaret Elize Higgins Jennifer Marie Fiorella Bryce Aaron Landry Paul O. Megehee William Thomas Peavy Beau Ryan Hill Margaret R. Fitzpatrick Christian Joseph Landry Andrew Eric Merchan Chloe Margaret Pelitere Camden Marc Hilliard Zackary Allen Flash Hanlon Michele Landry Anna Elise Merkl Justine Jae Perez Mary Kathryn Hoover Lauren Kate Foshee Madeline Grace Landry Mya Mae Methe Brennan Ray Perkins Madeleine M. Hover Ryan M. Foster Savannah Lynn Landry Schaffer Kalil Mickal Daniel Arthur Perrin Joshua S. Howington Mary Catherine Ortemond Jene' Leanna Langlois Boris Milcevski Souphavanh Malic Ya Y. Huang Franques Samuel M. Laufer Brittany Nicole Miller Phaengkhamhak Michael Morgan Hubbell

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 49 Victoria Ann Piconi Madison Louise Robichaux Lucy Julia Sedky Kyle D. Sullivan Kory Jude Waguespack Madeline Frances Pierce William J. Robinson Megan Marie Seneca Taylor Anne Sullivan Eric S. Walker Jacob Thomas Pikul Catherine Claire Roemer Alexandra Marie Sequeira Chung Kai Joseph Tai Sean Micah Walker Breanna Nicole Pipes Justin William Rogstad Austin Charles Settoon Avery E. Talbot Matthew Scott Wallace Alexis M. Pippin Devin James Rose Austin Charles Settoon Austin Blake Taylor Hannah Marie Walters George Alexander Plauche Jesse Gruber Cohen Aysar Yahia Sheikha Mason O. Templet Hays David Ward Jeffrey V. Poche Jr. Rosenzweig Trendell Mark Shorty Emily Ann Thibodeaux Mark Taylor Ward Abbigail M. Poiencot Samantha Marie Roshto Junko Kawaguchi Timothy Logan Thibodeaux Nora Atkins Ward Ridge Michael Poirrier Joseph Peyton Ross Siamwiza Blythe W. Thompson Courtney Lynn Warner Owen Michael Pollard Ryan Matthew Roussel Jacob Michael Sicard Sydney Alexis Tillman Parker James Watts Margaret Manette Martha Jon Michael Ruello Jr. Jonah Anthony Sigur Joseph Andrew Tisone Jr. Holli Louise Webb Power Grant Philip Rupert Jared Walker Sink Daniel Bryce Tolliver John Jamieson Webster Jordan A. Prechac Caleb Michael Ryan Jaclyn Marie Slater Matthew Sean Torres Ryan Christopher Weems Casey Ryan Prendergast Kashmila Saeed Neil Arnold Smith-Cortez Conner Ross Toups Samuel Robert Wempe Chandler Brian Price Timber Ivey Salazar Cameron Rylee Smith Reece J. Townsley Merideth C. Wethern Darrien Marsalis Price Paul Alexis Salles, II Kenneth Craig Smith, III Cassidy Danielle Trahan Lee Taylor Whalen Maci Lynn Quebedeaux Reid Harris Sanchez Michael Christian Snow Madeline Grace Trahan Eugenie Cecile Whealdon Heather Marie Racca Natalie Marie Sanders Dylan Soileau Michael Paul Tramonte Jr. Catriona Whitney Courtney Kathryn JohnPaul G. Sandoz Zacki M. Soliman Alex H. Tran Lance Lawton Whitty Jr. Ragsdale Hunter Joseph Sargent Cindy J. Sonbuchner Tyler Nam-Thien Tran Hayden Gifford Wilkerson Elizabeth Ann Ragusa Taylor R. Sauce Jake Nicholas Speeg Ryan Nicole Trexler Aeriana Jolie Williams Madeline Lucille Ragusa Minh Le Savoie Avery Elizabeth Spicker Yen T. Truong Carter Wayne Williamson Chandler Rose Ramsak Macie Lynn Schehr Gunther Eric Spore Mason J. Tucker Tyler Samuel Williamson Hannah Marie Randazzo Jackson Robert Schindler Jack Michael Spriggs Caroline Ford Upton Whitney Marie Williston Anna Marie Rando Michael Adam Schmidt Sophia Hanauer Spring Teresa Michaels Vallee Samuel Luke Willson Jordan Alexandra Rankins Madison R. Schmitt Matthew M. Stacey Caroline Louise Vanchiere Brock J. Wilt Will Richard Reese Steven Carver Schmitt Collin Richard Stevens Victoria Michel Varisco Ashlyn Nicole Woolsey Blake Alexander Rester Bridget Katherine Schnell Tristan M. Stewart Natalie Anne Vasquez Mason Michael Wooton Cole S. Retif Michael Joseph Hannah Claire Stierwald Ken Alphy Vellian Abigail Elizabeth Wright Jamaica S. Rhoden Schumacher Carl Taylor Stirling, II Brooke Mechelle Verda Jourdan Frances Wright Isabella Cassidy Rhodes Connor Christian Scott Christopher J. Stoma Claire Marie Vesper Emma Catherine Young Madison Alyse Rich D'Errah Nate Scott Chandler Nicholas Ryland Vial Lynn Sinclair Zarr, III Hayden Joseph Richard Hayden David Scott Stonecipher John Vincent Vicari Heidi Elizabeth Zeh Taylor Bryan Richard Jackson O. Scott Nicholas James Strate Carly Elizabeth Vicknair Lindsey Louise Zehnder John William Robbins Miranda M. Scotten Brandon Michael Sullivan John R. Wagner Amelie Jeanne Zimmer

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Bachelor of Science Kareem Ahmad Abdo Dylan Anthony Dubois Tara Angelle Leger Kevin Nicholas Eilynn Thi Tran Elizabeth Joana Alvarado Antonio Blayze Dupre' Jun Lin Quebedeaux Eric Nguyen Tran Ian Gerardo Andrepont Ahmonya Charmon Laré Collin James Ludwig Jesus Antonio Rodriguez Jerry An Uong Mitchell Thomas Bearry Edwards Leopold August Marx John Thomas Rosser Alexander Clifton Villier Savannah Caroline Birch Kevin Steven Elizabeth Joseph Edward Mazur Raphaela Santos Mettig Emma Michelle Vincent Jacob Daniel Bowers Dale Edward Engelhorn Jordan Quin Mese Rocha Christopher Edwin Walker Vincent Tyrone Bozeman Cody Anthony Falcon Mark A. Mire Andrew Mitchell Savoy Michael Christian White Ryan Mackenzie Butler Rachel Nicole Ferrara Myla Faith Moore David Henry Scheuermann, Grant Joseph Wills III Claudia Vanesa Caldera Andie Henkels Flanigan Preston Reid Moore Tania Wali Wilson Trenton Thomas Serpas Bryan Alexander Cary Quentin Theodore Franck Paul John Nguyen Leigh Alan Wright Trevor Michael Serpas Tanner Paul Chauncy Adam Douglas Hock Brandon Patrick Norman Alyssa Noel Smith Christopher Gee-Shen Miles Burgess Hoeser Maame Afua Nyarko Taylor Michael Smith Chee Vanessa Mae Hoffmann Jackson Paul Oberkirch Riley Joseph Stephens James Chi Afolabi Abidemi Ige Taylor Anthony Olinde Courtland Adam Crouchet Tylor Rene Jones Frederick Andrew Stolzle, Kai Alexander O'Neal III Austin Parker Daigle Matthew Myeongeun Jung Gregory Charles Parker, II Quoc Ai Than Maurice Michel de la Logan Chase Kent Gil Platt Houssaye Mark Alexander Carol Ann Key Seth Patrick Pottle Thibodeaux Laila Meriam Din Brittany Keechan Lacy Lindsay LeBlanc Prescott James Scott Thompson Daniel Ashton Donze Matthew Patrick Landry Alan Tin Tran

50 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering Kori Renee Anderson Jennifer Encarnacion Kallie Layne Kilchrist John Andrew Marzullo Jr. Prianca Shrestha James Collins Blake Jarred Michael Favrot Timothy Alton King Jr. Cameron Anne Matherne Meghan Kristina Sills Christopher Raymond Faye Elizabeth Foret Akua Owusu Kumi Cecilia Elizabeth McAlear Austin DeVante' Smith Bologna Tanishq Sai Goribidanur Tiffany Tieu Tinh Le Victoria Lynn Parsley Lidia Elena Soto Handal Léandre Grégoire Sayma Hanif Tris Patrick Lear Jr. Jordan Renee' Remont Jonathan Edward Thomas Bonmardion Savannah Dale Heath Zachary Paul Lehmann Barrick Easton Roberts Thomas Jay Tran Adrianna Taylor Copeland Roman Gabriel Hundley Spencer Gerard Lemoine Trey Joseph Schexnayder Britt Michael Young Adriana Jose Deras Nathan Todd Istre Andy Lin Nicholas Milton Seagraves Syed Akbar Zamin Herrera Sayou Ketcha Zoe Helena Martin Samantha Nagarakodige Kenzie Rae Dupont Seetharama

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Alexandria Julianne Nicole Ashley Braud Jennifer Hanh Doan Jonathan Carmel Lucas Kory Martin Robert Adams Nicholas Taylor Broyles Rumaan Ebrahim Jiayun Ma Michael Eric Rodehorst Dominion Oreofeoluwa Jonathan Tyler Bruna Phillip Blake Estelle Aaron David Malik Gregory Evan Roy Ajayi Bridget Eileen Cadigan Abdulrahman Fayez Ezzir Tara Marie Malone Nicole Jordan Rozier Hassan Sadiq Al Lawati Jordan Thomas Cantrell Matthew Michael Foley Evan Blake McDermitt Sven Arnar Saemundsson Maryam Mohammed AL Patrick Daniel Caro John Thomas Frick Robert George McElderry Amelia Anne Schexnayder Lawatiya Zachary Mark Cavalier Madison Ashley Futrell Amoni Rose Shambrika Ryan Daniel Scroggins Omar Ali Al Suwaidi Patrick Michael Joseph Craig Garrett McNair Allen Emmanuel Sievert Khadija Said Al-Harrasi Chamberlain Sarah Elizabeth Jones Tyson Loy Moser Jessica Danielle Sims Abdulmajeed Abdullah Joshua Hartman Cobar Sandra Catalina Murillo Al-Yaaqubi Emma Suzanne Joslin Trenton Jay Spinosa Kelly E. Cohen Sonja Thanh Hang Nguyen Basel Alhamuda Yusef Kana Haley Marie Strong Megan Christine Tien Duc Nguyen William Benjamin Allen Dwayne Alexander Keller Tristen Todd Svihovec Collongues Brandon Michael Perrien Manon Philine Bart Brooke Nicole Laird Katrina Lynette Taylor Theron Leo Cooper Trang H. Pham William Phillip Baudouin Jr. Stephen Augustus Noah Benjamin Taylor Timothy Gael Kohlhase Lambert David Huy Hoang Phan Marin Lee Thomas Alexander Lee Benson Craig Kristen Elaine Landry Trey David Poirrier Brennan Hardy Tyson Donald Edward Berg Jr. Lauren Elisabeth Cronvich Megan Chan Le Zachary Paul Prejean Sherlyn Valeria Villarreal Collin Mark Bergeron Benjamin Allyn Cross Andrew Vincent Lemoine Mitchell Paul Quebedeaux William Maxwell Wade Kaylee Lynn Bergeron Brandon Dang Alexandra Powell David Paul Quiring Austin Graig Watts Brooke Marie Bertrand Michael Ray Dearman LeSaicherre Amirali Rafiei Francesca Marie White Nicholas Joseph Bordelon Madelaine Grace Denenea Taylor Milan Lewis Amber Nicole Randall Isaiah Nathaniel Williams Evan Franklin-Joseph Joseph Nghia Dinh Peyton Paul Liner Bramlet Carl Anthony Roberson Aaron Li Wei Yen

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Gabrielle Agnes Alvarez Mason Scott Crabtree Elijah Kade Kepper Tung Huu Nguyen Adeleigh Elizabeth Smith Isabella Elise Alvarez Hannah Nicole DiLeo Hyejin Kim Peter Scott Olson Hogan Joshua Smith Paola Raquel Amado Trevor Christian Fenner Tucker Knotts Landry Holland Lee Padgham Robert Raymon Spruell Medrano Michael David Knotts Nicholas Anthony LaValla Tyler Wilson Perry Brennan Lee Taylor Juan Andres Amador Focht Zachary James Lewis Emma Elizabeth Pittman Jean Pierre G. Thompson Cody Lane Baker Austin Hunter Fox Mason Leon Lindsly Jonathan Paul Pottharst Anna Marie Trocquet Adil Abdul Rahim Baradia Brandt Paul Fritsche Alexis Nicole Linson Katherine Laudun Ramon Nicholas William Walker Paige Ann Bates Collin John Gillen Matthew Semmes Loker Rafael Andrés Reyes Edward Tyler Welsch Eve Michele Blakemore Alexander John Herndon Cameron Elise Markowitz Grant Everett Riera Conner Bryan Wick Andrew James Brown Matthew Quintin Hill Grace Ying Shang Mason Paul Robertson Sabrena Cathryn-Darline John William Cane Brandon Robert Hymel Mauberret Tyler Robert Rossel Williams Michael Ceaser Jr. Dominick Jack Kavanaugh Matthew Lane Milton Jr. Parker Adams Eric Robert Wright Zachary Ryan Coleman Grace Kellie Kennedy Cade Christopher Nelson Scheuermann

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Nykala Shea Bell Cailen Kristopher Franze Devon Crocker McDonald Javier Alfonso Jacob Daniel Bowers Sebastian Christian Kieu Quan Thi Nguyen Solorzano-Flores Bret Alexander Chalpin Heilemann Andres Roberto Ponce Austin West Steepleton Austin René Copper Caleb Johnson Samuel Gray Pritchett James Anthony Ensminger Colin Reece Kerrigan

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 51 Bachelor of Science in Construction Management Collin Joseph Alexander Matthew Alexander Kalin Yukon Hale Ryan Charles McBride Kyle Patrick Simpson Caleb Nathan Alford Coates Benjamin Gregory Harris Evan Miguel Molina Marcus William Smith, IV Ashley Nicole Anspach Nicholas M. Colaluca Nicholas Alonzo Hebert Hunter Bryan Monte Peyton Alexander Smith Bryce Robert Babin Scott Joseph Colvin Landon Michael Hilbun Carlos Emilio Murillo Jr. Jordan Sterling Snowdy Jonathan Adam Band Michael Palmer Connelly Dustin William Howe David Edward Naranjo Kelli Lynette Soileau Diamond Renae Zachary Thomas Coulton Abdullah Tareq Ibrahim Jordan Cole Newman Taylor Lee Sperry Barthelemy Logan Joseph Courrege David Wayne Jackson Luis Angel Pacheco Evan Thomas Stadalis Michael Joseph Berrigan Emile Joseph Cupit Hunter Michael Jacob Brant Ray Poché Conner Joseph Stevens Devan John Bertaut Robert Dreux Dicharry Brennan Michael Kelsey Troy Truxillo Pontillas Walker Paul Stinson Madeleine Aimee Bogart Austin Browning Shane MacGregor Kinard Sean Edward Pruet Kevin William Surette Alyssa Renée Bonton Dunn-Hamm Louis Landrum, III William Thomas Robinson, Brian Joseph Terranova Paul Richard Bosse Lacy Andreas Dupre Rylee Paige Langlois II Chad Lee Usry Darrian James Bouquet Brandt Matthew Fairchild Austin Joseph Lavin Cullen Patrick Rooney Jacob Leo Vallette Cole Michael Bourg Grant Michael Fink Conner Todd LeBlanc Joshua Paul Roser James Bahan Videau Jacob Gary Brewer Anthony David Frost Nathanael Da-Wen Lim Cameron André Roussel McKenzie Elizabeth Charles Webb Broussard Abigail Taylor Fussell Ty Shannon Loyd Cameron Mitchell Vidrine Dakota Bryant Thomas Luke Gaze Jaron Michael Mangipano Rubemeyer Brandon Michael Volpe Jack Kenneth Bryant Paul Joseph Gelpi, III Zachary Todd Margavio Aaron Christopher Christopher Stephen Sanches Caleb Elijah Burks Brandon Robert Grabert Andrew Michael Marks Wessel John Kyle Schwab Scott Lewis Camden Brett David Gross Michael Martinez Kyle Matthew Westholz Gregory John Cavalier Jr. Calli Brooke Christopher Barton Benjamin Mark Willis Christopher Robert Shattuck Brandon Jude Chatelain Guaraggi-Graner Matherne Clayton Carter Wood Joshua Robert Guarisco Jacob Michael Siegel Harlie Marie Woods

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Toluwani Oluwaseun Coury Austin Courtney Corey Michael Johnson Priscilla Lindiwe Nkosi Logan Duffey Schempf Adoun Ethan Baily Cowan Eric Michael Johnson Andres Alberto Noguera Michael Judah Benjamin Abdulrahman Hayder Kayla Rose Delpit Victoria Ann Johnson Naif Fahad M. Othman Smith Algalban Kenneth Duane Dickerson Matthew George Jourdan Nicholas Thomas Pate Gregory Gerard Suhor Ali Redha Babwani Slaven Dragovic Jacob William Krell Jay Anthony Pertuit Denis Sukharev Charles Robert Beshenich, Michel Garcia Cody Joseph Krupp Anthony Duc Huy Phan John Robert Vaughn III Anna Catherine Gibbens Landon Sean Laramore Brittany Renee Philibert Ty Michael Verret Dylan Henry Wayne Bieber Jacob Westbrook Hayden Jared James Martinez Lloyd John Poincot, III Michael Leigh Vincent Nicholas Jude Black Francisco De Jesus Garrett Stephen McCarrol Salmawn Ameen Qasim Brendan Alex Warner Anne Elizabeth Buchert Hernandez Cruz Ryan Patrick Miller Elizabeth Clarke Reiner Ashleigh Miranda Wertz Martha Ellen Cash Philip Thomas Hunt Stephen Caleb Cornel Rowel Jr. Jerry W.M. White Tyler Linden Colegrove Phillip Dat Huynh Montgomery Brad Austin Schellhaas Gary Charles Cooper Jr. Afolabi Abidemi Ige Tri Minh Nguyen

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering Abdullah Abbas Baroun George E. Carson Devon Nguyen Dao Chelsi Rene Parker Emily Ann Thompson Lauren Mackenzie Bauhs Stephen Paul Chamberlain Garrett Thomas Melton Samantha Marie Parks Jeffery Miller Warrington Jacob Andrew Bougere Jr. Natalie Malayne Nelson Chi Kieu Phan Bilquis Imani Williams Bayllie Renaé Breaux Nafis Shadman Choudhury Monica Tuyet-Huong Raymond Jacob Poche Joffre John Crouere Nguyen

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering Morgan Patricia Adams Sarah Elizabeth Dunn Kara Elizabeth McNeely Nicole Lauren Allison Rae Swetledge Zeyad Alaidroos Kirsten Evangeline Dupre Zachary Glenn Miller Rosenstrauch Patrick John Michael Ali Matar Alnakhli Matthew Roy Dysart Malk Essam Nassar Trevor John Roussel Tapalla Melody Grace Brooke Elizabeth Egan Anna Claire Odenwald Matthew Gregory Luke Michael Toups Bardwell-Edwards Christopher Shane Ewing Salvador Johnny Papa Schneider Kristy Quynh-Thy Tran Zachary Garrett Baum Jesse Benjamin Foster Ravi B. Patel Kirk Anthony Selexman Marcus Augustus Vasquez Lydia Catherine Beebe Jacob Carrick Harvey Bailey Alexander Pere Sophie Elizabeth Sharp Alyson Huyen-Dieu Vu James Henry Belt Christian Brady Hebert Amaury Mary-Arnaud Kyle Andrew Simeon Zachary Lawrence Walker Dustin Consell Boutte Jr. Armand Assante' Johnson Regnard Nicolás Andrés Smith Shane Paul Domangue Felix Eduardo Koslowski Alton Joseph Richard Dillon Henry Soniat

52 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Juan Camilo Aponte Austin K. Davis Kortni Maegan Harp Ladd Darrin Mahler Jr. Stephen Temple Satterlee Muhammad Fachri Dylan Joseph de Gruy Elliott Faller Hayes Robert Scott McPherson Krista Marie Scafidel Armansyah Colby Paul Dean Dakota James Hebert Mason John Melancon Charles Russell Schaub Jessica Erin Ashmead Olivia Gail DePierri Dante' Joseph Hebert Matthew Joseph Miceli Samuel Harold Sciortino, II Matthew Grayson Baird Ryan Michael Deshotels Grace Ellen Hebert John Clyde Miller Jr. Logan Michael Scully Mason Christopher Ball Emalee Claire Deslattes Matthew Creighton Hebert Nedal Majed Mohammad Jonathan Natale Sebold Nathaniel Philip Bankston Adam Michael Diez Jacob Nicholas Held Thomas Michael Naka Barrett Joseph Serio Tyler Nicholas Bartlett Daniel Louis DiSalvo Brayden Dupont Nicholas Windsor Newby Benjamin Reed Sims Mallory Elaine Bartow Matthew Marist Donner Hernandez Taylor Allen Newton Connor Evan Smith Justin Louis Baudier Brett Austin Dupree Kip Alan Hernandez Daniel Tien Nguyen Michael Lofgren Smith Andrew Thomas Beary, III Lindsey Marie Duracher Samuel Christian Hidajat Dillon Duy Nguyen Shannelle Nicole Smith Joseph Michael Bernard Kari Lynn Echeverry-Wray Dustan Mark Himel Harley Son Nguyen Andrew James Soignet Muhammad Arief Billah Chace Michael Edwards Daniel Michael Holland Joshua Thy Nguyen Landon Madison Stein Tyler James Binard Dillon Thomas Ellender Andrew Allen Hopkinson Sunny Nguyen Richard Roux Stephens, III Tyler J. Brasseaux David Estin Field Jr. Jacob Matthew Horton Grant Michael Odenwald Victoria Leigh Stevens Christopher Joseph Breath James Brian Flowers Kyle Joseph Huber Austyn Joseph Oubre Thomas Edward St. Martin Brierre Bailey Breaux Austin Charles Frady James Francis Hubicz Jr. Martin Thomas Owens Aimee Katherine Stokes Hoyt Michael Brignac Robert Clyde Frazee Keith Joseph Hunter Jr. Joshua Michael Parfait Amelie Grace Thomas Clayton James Broussard Nicholas Paul Fullilove Ryan James Isham Michael Scott Paulsen, II Sean Alexander Thomas Micah David Buquoi Abdelrahman Ibrahim H. Joshua Malone Jordan I Gede Raditya Permana Tessa Brooke Thomas Nicolas Brinkman Cadena Garbie William Dane Keller Calvin Cuong Pham Shane Patrick Toomey Claudia Vanesa Caldera Caroline Lindsey Gardner Anthony Robert Lacombe Huyen Ngoc Pham Cameron Gerard Torres Nathaniel S. Cannon Megan Gates Robert Preston Landry Peter Phuc Pham Shaun Michael Turek Nicholas Andrew Cataldie Bradley Michael Gaudet Matthew Paul Lauto Bryson Maloye Polk Jacob Tyler Vincent Christopher Tze-Hao Isabelle Marie Geiger Lucas Paul LeCoq Evan Thomas Prejean John Thompson Wallace Chuang Benjamin T. Girlinghouse Alexander Bahry LeJeune Aldy Rizky Priyambodo Rachel Michelle Warne Brennen Kyle Cooley Matthew James Gonzales Branson Dean Leonard Jacob Ram Gabrielle Frances Welty Evan Michael Costello Grant Eric Goodrum Michael Patrick Levy Nicolas Frank Rathle Chance Wade Wesley Gary Michael Couturie Jr. Garrett Matthew Gremillion Zilin Li Andrew Leary Recatto Nicholas Stephen Wessel Brette Renee Crocker Lucy Xiao Ru Guo Cheng Xi Lin Michael Robert Riddick Kelley Alyssa Wieseneck Aaron Alexander Dalton John Alexander Hajjar Nicholas Paul Lindsey Mia Rismalia Luke Allen Williams Reese Anthony Dantin Tyler Joe Hajovsky Glenn Michael Lorio Eliseo Rivera Brennon Ray Young Jonathan Christopher Caleb Anthony Hamilton Catherine Aileen Jake Victor Roblez Davadi Macpherson

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering Fatemah KhaLeeL AL Caitlin Ann Collins Logan Reese Jinkins Zachary Donovan AnFernee Charles Bannay Matthew Joseph Coscino Hunter Alan Johns Partridge Rodrigue Faisal Saeed Al Jaberi Malcolm Williams Cunha Yogiswara Kalbuadi David William Paternostro Iman Rowshanieid Abdulrahman Hasan da Costa Cory Alan Lautenschlager Ross Harper Pellegrin Cameron Anthony Ryan Alhashmi Christopher John Dewey Jacob Chad LeJeune Juan Alberto Perez Jr. Myles Xavier Salem Talal Mohamed Alhashmi Christopher Chapman Diaz Rafael Beltrão Coelho Preston Thaddeus Persons Jack Donald Sewell Naser A A M T Rhett Baker Glover Martins Seth Michael Pohlmann Chenhao Sha ALtememee Dylan Joseph Gourgues Ryan Edward Merritt Stephanie Nicole Pourciau Brady Alexander Souther Elizabeth Summerfield Erin Elizabeth Granger William Fisher Meyers, III Franklin Clark Price, III Nikola Spica Black John Eric Hathorn Jr. Shavonnah Tiaquivian Trevor Joseph Quatroy Bobby Audwin Tezeno Jr. Allison Gail Brassette Morgan Luke Hefler Moore Hans Mikyal Christian Barry Michael Trahan Hayden Michael Broussard William Elonzo Hood, IV Tyler Stephen Nahhas Redlich Amber Nicole Watson Samuel Paden Caldwell Shane Robinson Hopkins Joseph George Najim Mariana C. Renteria Yunez Joseph James Wuellner Steven Jacinto Carvalho Mike Horvath Noah John Zalusky

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Construction Management Jetra Reason Alesich Elizabeth Joyce Kaster Drew Thomas Miner Brenden David Arcara Donald Wayne Keiper Eric Kristopher Predmore Aaron Joseph Berndt Charles Christian Conrad Phillip Sprunger Allen Zachary Chaidez Kleinschmidt Thomas Dylan Watson Ellen Cooper Dillard Jeremy A. Kozel Jeremy Tyler Wingfield Catherine Stanley Elliott Max Russell Martin Patrick Adam Hayes Sam Levario Mendez, II John Patrick Henderson Robert John Mihelich

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 53 COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES & EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Alexandra Elizabeth Abide Caroline Candace Jolie Grace Falcon Seth Tyler Hymel Veronica Marie Marhoffer Ashley Victoria Accardo Caldwell Macie Elizabeth Falgout Noelle Elizabeth Ibos Rachel Elizabeth Marino Kennedy Shaye Achord Haley Michelle Caluda Nicholas Roger Alexander Benay Leigh Jeansonne Laken Kathleen Danielle Rebecca Adams DeShae Syble Campbell Flory Morgan Estelle Jewell Marionneaux Glynn Michelle Adams Madison Aimee Cancienne Christian Levy Fontenot Abby Elizabeth Johnson Jeanne' Louise Marquette Allison Reed Adler Caitlin Cymantha Cantrill Mercedes Kaycee Danielle Joyce Johnson Charlot Nmekini Marla Renee Allen Jordyn Brianne Foreman Donsha Monique Johnson Martin-Amadi Abbey Marie Anderson Carmouche Molly Marie Forsythe Briasha D'ne' Jones Caroline Elise Martin Hailey Lynn Armstrong Molli Elise Carriere Blake Nicole Fussell Logan Gabrielle Jordan Rebecca Jordan Martin Alyssa Danielle Arnold Addyson Grace Carroll Madison deCelle Garrett Alyssa Miyuki Kaigler Maritza Marie Martinez Kaylee Danielle Arthur Chelsea Rosemarie Carter Claire Gabrielle Gautier Matthew James Kane Margaret Clair Matkins LaToya Marie Ashman Hailey Marie Cascio Matthew Aaron George Caroline Rose Karam Savannah Lynn May Abigail Kathleen Askew Grace Elizabeth Chapman Taylor Renee George Keighley Lora Kelley Madeline Richardson Mayeux Danielle Irene Baca-Diego Yazmin Guadalupe Chavez Molli Elizabeth Gibson Sarah Elizabeth Kemp Skylar Justin Mays Lauren Elizabeth Bagneris Anthony Thaddeus Clavo Madeleine Elizabeth Gill Hunter Wade Kiel Jr. Jillian Marie McConnell Megan Miche' Baker Andre Jude Girouard Ashton Paige Knowles Aranaye Talice Clay Blakely Ann McCoy William Frazier Baldwin T'Yana Jarae Glaze Elizabeth Dennies Cameron James Cole Braeden Austin Elizabeth Ann Bankhead Diana Michelle Goff Knowles Bria Mickeal Coleman McCutchan Megan Lindsey Barfield Lauryn Alexandra Goff Christian Kyler Koester Taysia Monae Coleman Sean Matthew John Mark Barnett Zachary Charles Eleanor Marie Koonce Kenisha Lashae Collins Gorrondona McGuinness Vance Taylor Barney William Charles Kovach Autumn Dene Meadows Demetrice Deonte' Kyla Jean Granger David Logan Labbe Justin Jaquell Beckwith Conday Kevin Thomas Meehan Kimiya Lashay Green Megan Elizabeth Labbe Nicholas James Jaclyn Rose Connors Haley Hamilton Miller Bellingham Rachel Ellen Green Kyle Matthew Lachney Dylon Christopher Cook Elizabeth D'Lynn Greer Madison Leanne Miller Margaret Katherine Lacey Michelle LaCoste Sarah Louise Miller Bergeron Jalshenique Marie Cooper Hailey Nadine Gros Gabrielle Renee Sarah Nicole Mizell Rachel Elizabeth Bergeron Caroline Margaret Corley Brandi Dawn Grothman LaFontaine Joseph Alexander Mock Javan Timothy Berninger Miranda Leigh Cottingham Courtney Leigh Guerin Nicholas Tate LaHaye Emily Grace Monjure Bria Janai Bickham Elizabeth Joy Courville Mari-Catherine Guidry Lani Rae Landry Sean Martin Montgomery Susanna Katalina Bilbao Logan Tyler Covington Mimi Louise Guidry Ann-Riley Louise Lane Alyssa Anne Montoya Erika Rae Billiot Nicholas Connor Crawford Alexis Blake Gutierrez Karter Lang Ashton Nicole Morales Emily Hope Bird Collin Wren Crockett Biannca Yvangeline Sarah Elaine Langlois Camille Therese Moreau Karinna Marice Bleiman Savannah Caileigh Joan Guzman Meredith Linda Larriviere Cutting Georgia Gaiennie Morgan Taylor Ann Boagni Cierra Ja'nice Samantha Mary Larsen Catherine Ann Daigle Handsborough Taylor Alexis Morgan Emalie Marie Boggs Ally Nicole LaZar Dayshia Monaye Abigail Rose Harkins Lucy Therese Mosher Hannah Chalet Boudreaux Alexis Marie LeBlanc Davenport Isabella D'Anna Harlan Brianna Maria Mouton Mary Olivia Boudreaux Dylan Paul LeBlanc Elizabeth Angelle Davis Sarah Marie Harlan Sydney Kathleen Mukes Margaret Macy Bourg Maia Elizabeth LeBlanc Lee Edward Davis Asia Christina Harris Logan Alexander Murillo Deanna Marie Bourgeois Peyton Oz LeBlanc Morgan Vanice Davis Ruby Esther Harrold Addison Alexa Murphey Merrill Anthony Bouyer Sarah Elizabeth LeCompte Presley Kendall Davis Caroline Rutledge Haydel Chad Brian Naccari Amanda Michelle Bowers Kamryn Rachel Leeper Rachel Marie DeLaune Brock Alton Hebert Isabel Rene Navarra Sarah Elizabeth Branton Haley Elizabeth LeJeune Madeline Renee DeVeau Carly Noelle Hebert Elizabeth Christina Elizabeth Blair Breard Hannah Marie LeJeune Monica Dibildox Hassaf Erin Claire Hebert Neighbor Langley Olivia Britt Kelly Elizabeth Lewis Stephanie Elizabeth Dix Christopher Thomas Briana Hien Nguyen Carmyn Selon Brown Sierra Mekailyn Doaks Heigle Julia Catherine Liljeberg Bryan Nguyen Rob Michael Brundage Caitlin Elise Donovan Bailey Leslie Hepting Harli Tucker O'Brien Jennifer Elise Nichols Lockhart Jazmine Denise Bryant Morgan Elizabeth Douglas Sofia Isabel Hernandez Caroline Adams Barron Chloe Nicole Bryars Tang'Jermeka Victoria Nihart Jaela Lee Mae Driver Michael Anthony Hickman Londo Stephanie Lane Bucher Emily Anne DuBoulay Taryn Ayanna Hill Fallon Blake Nixon Amanda Marie Bueche Dakota Michael Mia Elizabeth Dubroc Virginia Grace Hitzman Loosemore Taylor Michele Norfleet Logan Jalik Bueche Sam Joseph Dufour Kevin Hoeprich Clara Lucia Lopez Colin Michael North Tyra Lillian Buehner Caroline Elizabeth Courtlyn Nicole Hood Stephen Richard Lopez Bailey Michael Nuss Destiny Kemi Buraimoh Duplechin Margaret Jane Hooper Alexander Joseph Lord Monique Sarah Oncale Qimmah Suhair Burdine Makenzie Adieline Eddy Mason Douglas Hornsby Hannah Claire MacKinnon Hana Michelle O'Neill Lisa London Burris Kennedi Danyelle Edney Carly Elizabeth Hubbard Kayley Nicole Gabrielle Marae Onken Camille Elizabeth Burson Megan Elizabeth Ernst River Beth Hubbard Mahmoodian Bailey Kim Osburn Lauren Stacey Burstall Rechaun Calia Eskridge Claudia Eliza Huerta Joseph-Richard Crocker Lyric Jade' Owens Jack Ellis Caballero Reaghan Lee Fabacher Justine Jayde Humphries Malbrough Madeline Elizabeth Abigail Lynn Caffey Katie Elizabeth Fairchild Kaela Gabrie Hymel Tammia Tyrees Marcano Palermo

54 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Alysse Marie Parfait Zachary James Richard Allyson Elizabeth Seals Courtney Paige Tapocik Javin Aaron Vincelette Kaylee Elizabeth Parfait Darrell Lucas Richardson Allison Elizabeth Seay Michael Jude Tarantino, III Adam Michael Vincent J'olee Renee Parr Erin Leigh Ricken Samantha Ashley Seiden Katherine Cayce Tarver Corey Michael Vinson Marley Margaret Parr Katie Ann Rispone Sommer Paige Sellars Sharmani Michelle Tastet Shelby Jane Waddell Lucas Carl Patin Emily Renee Riviere Nairuta Shah William Ben Terral Ariel Marissa Walker David Anthony Payne Kamryn Paige Roberts Bryce Caleb Shelton Emily Lamar Teuton Mary Jane Walker Emma Jane Pellegrin Madison Nicole Rohm Sarah Morgan Sivils Dexton Joseph Jordan Walters LaKeya LaSha Perrodin Camryn Nicole Romero Reagan Claire Skidmore Thibodeaux Samuel Tristan Ward Jacob Christopher Peters Claire Elizabeth Rosamond Olivia Noel Smit Kate Allison Thibodeaux Whitney Joan Ward Claire Margaret Pham Mallory Catherine Roushar Deborah Leigh Smith Emma Daice Thomas Tahj Anthony Washington Johnathan Tran Pham Caitlin Michelle Roussel Erin Elise Smith Hayley Olivia Thomas Bradley Asbury Watts Tanya Phi Madison Elizabeth Hannah Chauvin Smith Mathieu Austin Tillman Joseph Alexander Webber Meghan Elizabeth Phillips Rousseve Jazmyne Dayani-Monet Tarus Marcellus Tolbert, II Emily Michelle Weidert Hallie Elizabeth Pirozzolo Maxwell York Rowland Smith Angeles Lizbeth Torres Murphy Leigh Weigand Jeremy M. Plante Virginia Jane Rozanski Kanesiah Da'Shae Smith Montes Matthew Byrd Whitehead Neal Thomas More Poche Vincent Stassi Rusciano Kennyde D. Smith Kaylee Elizabeth Toups Benjamin Johnson Whitley Larissa Marie Powers Anna Robertson Rush Lydia Rose Smith Uyen Minh Tran Jacie Lynne Whitney Olivia Ann Powers Brandon Michael Ruth Victoria Catherine Smith Trey Ruben Trevino Lauren Kennedy Williams Allyson Ruth Prevost Faith Nicole Ryan Rakell Michelle Spencer Brennan Kade Triche Taylor Renee Williams Logan Anthony Primeaux Hannah Caroline Ryan Reagan Leigh Staggs Sarah Amelia Trumbaturi Joseph Warner Wilson Isabella Rosalie Purser Chelsea Jonae San Emily Marie Stein Jami Alyse Truong Tyler Jacoby Wilson Alexandra M. Quintana Angelo Brett Tyler Stephens Summer Catherine Trusty Brian John Wolfe Alexis Nicole Rabalais Ashleigh King Sanders Adele Terese St. Martin McKenzie Layne Kevin Michael Worley Tucker-Gosnell Katelyn Elizabeth Rains McKenna Colleen Benjamin Zane Stover Gunner Bryant Wright Sanderson Jariel Tureaud Renee Michelle Rapier Savanna Leigh Stumpf Adam Bertrand Ybarzabal Jakori Malik Savage Garret Keith Sulak Leah Valerie Brianna Angele Rauch VanLangevelde Kahlee Stewart York Lindsy Brooke Scalzo Cai Louis Suprean Christian David Rea Priscilla Velazquez Brennan Michael Young Gabrielle Kay Schnebelen Nicolette Maria Svede Grace Elizabeth Reames Madison Claire Vernaci Christopher Robin Zea Madison Grace Amanda Michelle Swanson Elizabeth Teresa Redfearn Schnebelen Lydiah Kim Vi Meredith Rose Zorn Emily Sarah Renton Aaron Charles Anna Lee Zwiebel William David Schneider Swartzendruber Blake Gyron Vick Parker Joseph Rice Elise Nicole Schuyten Macey Claire Vidrine

Bachelor of Social Work Jennie Carra Andries Ann Elizabeth Gilbert Ashlyn Marie Hindrichs Madeleine Claire Jazlyn Raeann Scott Mallory René Carpenter Michelle Ann Graffeo Haley Catherine Kraus Melancon Precious Danielle Smart Breanna Granata Foster Bethany Kate Guillory Caroline Anne LeCoq Isiomara Yvette Paniagua Breelyn Elise Thames

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Library Science Eric Chad Metz

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Bachelor of Arts Allison Lea Abel Jonathan Ryan Baker Mary Mathilde Bergeron Anjellica Mar'che Borris Sarah Jane Elizabeth Baylee Brooke Adams Gakeria Jerrial Barnes Michael Joseph Bernard, Ashley Frances Bossier Burckel Kara Elizabeth Aguillard Gakeria Jerrial Barnes IV Paige Renee Boudreaux Kiera Catherine Burke Liza Aline Albrecht Rebecca Rose Barnett Elena Michelle Bihlmeyer Hannah Browning Emma Joy Burnett Geraghty Morgan Alch Julia Louise Baronet Sarah Jane Billhorn Bourgeois Crystal Marie Burns Marc Alexander Alvendia Oceion Tranae Barrow Jordan Marie Binder Jake Austin Bourgeois George Gregory Caballero, Alexandra Sofia Amadeo Macy Elizabeth Bartow Alexandra F. Bishop Jennie Ann Bouzigard II Alexandra Sofia Amadeo Madeline Marchant Alexandra F. Bishop Madison Caroline Bowman Emily Anabel Cabrera Yaritza Naidely Amaya Bassett Peyton Hall Blackledge Kathleen Elizabeth Branan Claudia Vanesa Caldera Yaritza Naidely Amaya Kaitlynn Marie Bealer Catherine Leigh Blackwell Bailey Alexandra Breuhl Makala Danielle Calhoun Michael Andrew Olivia Caroline Beasley Skyla Ann Blady Bailey Alexandra Breuhl Jayla Dene' Campbell Andrepont Chantelle Daiche Kamryn Loretta Blume Grace Elizabeth Bridges Sarah Paige Campbell Andrew Gray Arata Beauchamp Justin Christopher Boddie Marcus Zamir Brown Taylor Nicole Canfill Chaylee Raiven Arellano Crystal Lajuan Beauchamp Taylor Simone Bonds John Michael Bruce Taylor Nicole Canfill Elaine Marie Arendt Sierra Marie Bechtold Makayla Ann Bonvillain Walter Anthony Joseph Emily Catherine Cannon Emerald S. Avila Emily Catherine Belanger Michael Joseph Bordelon Bueche Emily Catherine Cannon Jonah Lee Aydell Emily Catherine Belanger Madelyn Elisabeth Borges Tristan Deloss Buell Camille M. Cantwell

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 55 Erin Elizabeth Carmon Cole Catherine Dunnam Tyrus Alexander Hartford Alexis Ann Langlois Gabrielle Elizabeth Milford Patrieana' Janay Richard Charles Dupaquier, Ayham Hassan Hassan Kaila Alexis Lanns Aaron Joseph Miller Carmouche III Thomas George Hathaway Emily Ann Latham Gatlin Kade Miller Jeremy Lanis Carruth Antonio Blayze Dupre' David Ryan Hatten Steven Anthony Henry Thomas Mitchell Jeremy Lanis Carruth Luke Anthony Dupre' Kaitlyn Breann Hearty Lavinghouse Colin Mark Mix D'Andrea Chassidy Carter Paul A. Durfee Lucas Patrick Henderson Alexandra Krayer Samantha Elizabeth Mixon Kristian Alexandra Caruso Tyler Glenn Durham Terry James Hendrick Lawrence Anna Catherine Moody Emerson Normand Carville Renee Nicole Dussouy Sydni Lou Henke Tiana Marie Lazard Caroline Noel Moore Mary Alice Cash Ramona Christine Bivens Grace Smith Henricks Quentin Paul LeBlanc Mary Caldwell Morales Skyller DeMaris Castello Elder Natalie Denson Henry Bryan Glenn Lee Christa Laine Moran Camila Castillo Calvin J. Encalade Sadie Irene Herbert Matthew Spencer LeJeune Sophie Marie Moran Lauren Victoria Catalano Gabriela Lynn Espinoza Joshua Lane Hibbard Jade Emilia Goes Lennon Jeanne Foret Morel Alden Ceasar Alexis Christine Falcon Xavier Aaron Hicks Anna Elizabeth Lewis Abby Nicole Morgan Courtney Moore Brooklen Micah Farley Maisie Kathryn Hill Anna Elizabeth Lewis Austin Tyler Mose Chambers Elise Adrienne Farris Allie Ann Hingle Logan Reece Lewis Alanna Jewel Moss Torri Elizabeth Chapman Emily Katharine Faucheux Jude Easton Hinson Teena Ma Li Bailey Marie Moss Claire Rose Charbonnet Anne Francis Faulk Bao Duc Hoang Alexandra Dove Licht Emily Louise Neck Arthur Jules Chassaignac Andrew Mason Ferachi Antonia VanNess Holden Justin Conner Lightsey Laura Allison Newbill Sydney Katherine Tristin Lin Fluharty Laura Mallory Holland Justin Conner Lightsey Madison Lynn Newsom Cheatham Amanda Gayle Fontenot Brooke Ashlyn Holley Rebecca Ruth Lindsey Austin Huy Nguyen Rachael Elizabeth Cicero Logan Bryce Fontenot Molly Marie Holmes Rachel Church Lipscomb Jennifer Ngoc Nguyen Payton Elizabeth Claverie Brooke Alexa Fourcade Katelyn Elise Honore' Stephanie Margaret Little Charlotte Isabel Nichols Caroline Elizabeth Clayton Pierre Joseph Fournet Thomas McLeod Hopkins Kacie Lynn Livingston Hollee Gindavanh Nitchin Brianna Dominique Cobb Callie Elizabeth Francise Kayleigh Elizabeth Hoppe Mya Ashlan Lloyd Haylee Jo Nolfo Sarah Ashley Coner Angelica Marie Frascino Laura Elizabeth Housey Bryant Pardue Logan Delaney Anne Norton Lauren Nicole Connor Emma Elizabeth Frederic Amanda Celina Husein Daniel Sanders Loper Brooke Lindsey Nuccio Kellie Lynn Constantine Alexandra Elizabeth Allyson Felicianne Huval Greysi Marisol Lopez John William Nyman Ambernecia Brashaé Freeman Perdomo Lillian Nicole Huval Blaike Lee Ordes Cooksey Leigh Ann Fresina Amanda Michelle Lorio Kailey Jeralyn Corner Tan Quang Huynh Cristian Joel Ortiz Bryce M. Fromenthal Shannon Elaine Lundin Rodriguez Ronika Danae Cotton Nymph Chinyen Hwaung Shanna Rene Fuselier Antonio Salvador Leticia Dolores Ortiz Hannah Elizabeth Cottrell Alan Joseph Hymel Macaluso Raegan Mackenzie Emily Dalene Owens Laurel Renee Coulon Gallegos Aaron O'Neal Jackson Kelsi Jade Mahfouz Cameron Nations Parker Clayton Christopher Cristina Nicole Garcia Bryce W. Jenkins Julia Helene Mahler Travis Ray Pasquier Counts Chloe Jane Garner Mary-Claire Johnson Mahmoud Nafiz Mahmoud Christian Anthony Payne Dillon James Courtney Bridget Marianne Gaudin Morgan Alyssa Johnson Yousef Catherine Noelle Pearson Amelia Claire Cousino Claire McKay Gauthier Morgan Alyssa Johnson Charles Brennan Major Kali Nicole Pell Louise Elisabeth Cramp Phillip Andrew Gerarve Neyah Isis Johnson Zois Harry Manaris Leslie Marie Pennison Alexandra Louise Cravins Elise Claire Gibbens Alexis Weakley Jones Ghanem N. Mando Alexcia Rose Perilloux Mary Elizabeth Creech Jolie Denise Gilbert Charles Christian Jones Mikaela Lee Mandola Rebecca Gail Perrette Mary Elizabeth Creech Ethan Michael Gilberti Kayla Maria Jones Tyler Coby Manuel Kierstan Leigh Perry Roderick Cortez Daniels, II Destiny Faith Girouard Victoria Anne Jones Tonea Alexis Marshall Amelia Patricia Petti Tamara-Yen Kim Dao Logan Elizabeth Gobert Coreon Kendell Joshua Jr. Isabel Marie Martin Victoria Charlotte Pfeifer Abigail Louise Davies Katie Elizabeth Goff Nash Patrick Joyner Lexie Mikal Martin Victoria Charlotte Pfeifer Jackson Lord Davis Zachary Madison Goff Elizabeth Margaret Kalill Seth Lee Martin Sean Thien Pham Kathryn Elena Czarnecki Jane Catherine Gogreve Kristen Theresa Kass Tyvon Donivin Cassidy Ann Phillips Davis Tatiana Gonzalez Quiroga Jessica Katherine Martinez-Pina Katzmarzyk Dyamond Makeda Phillips Mallory Catherine de Tatiana Gonzalez Quiroga Diego Javier Matus Lanzac Akash Kaushal Jade Lily Phoenix Phillips Ashlei Cierra Gosha-Boyer Skye Lynn Maury Karolynn Shyann Declouet Bailey Midori Keen Mikaela Aline Picou Jozell Nalo Green Lillian Roques Mayhall Gabrielle Alona DeMaria Justin Michael Keller Angelle Marie Plauche Manning Prentist Greene Lillian Roques Mayhall Charles Luke Desobry Tyler Rashaud Kemp Kristina Marie Plunkett Mallory Grace Grefer Emily Ann McAdam Senea Marie Diaz Robin-Renee Leslie Keys Kristina Marie Plunkett Courtney Marie Gregoire Riley Tate McDaniel Paige Bethany Didier Amber Shaheena Khan Ashlyn Beverly Polito Scott Richmond Griswold Riley Tate McDaniel Angelica Simone June Kim Bailey Anne Polson Monica Ann Gros Sarah Eleanor McDowell Geraldine Dix Alexis Danielle King Madison Kathleen Pope Elizabeth Regina Haley David Michael McGovern Alyssa Danae Dobson Angelle Nicole King Joseph Patrick Porche', III Daeja Samone Hall Asya Simone McGraw Jolie Sonrisa Duarte Riley Suzanne Kloostra Kaela Noelle Powery Rebecca Avery Hall Sara Margaret McGrew John Matthew DuBose Nina Samone Knowles L'erin Julia Prestenback Rebecca Avery Hall Catherine Claire McKinney Morgan Alkmini Ducorbier Madelaine Davis Kobe Patrick Marcellus Price Scarlett Ann Hammond Zoe E. McRaney Sam Anthony Philip Graceanne LaCombe Madelyn Anne Melancon Chase Hugh Priest Ducote Hayley Marie Hanewinkel Kelly Nhu Lam Abigail Suzanna Menard Aubry Dylan Procell Lily Adele Dugas Daniel Wesley Harbison Alaina Kalyn Lanclos Kami Angelle' Menard Caitlin Joan Quick Colton Patrick Duhon Imani Marie Harleaux Abigail Elizabeth Landry Brandon Thomas Miguez Claire Elizabeth Duncan Cearea Natasha Harrison

56 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Alexandra Nicole Alexis Renee Kylee Mckail Simon Angelle Mishon Thomas Ja'Milya Mikayla Walker Rancatore Saizon-Cowley Ryan Paul Simoneaux Tessa Brooke Thomas Bradley Eric Waters Caitlin Summer Rankin Luz Cristina Salinas Sidney Lee Slater Richard Julian Thompson Andrianna Camille Watson Peter Vanna Rasy Vanessa Paola Sanders Brandielle Christian Smith Jackson Reed Tilley Lydia Claire Weaver Leonard William Ray Taboada Brandon Christopher Jayla Yasmine Toney Elinor Rose Weber Ashley Rose Razin Leon Augustus Sanford Smith Caroline Amanda Toombs Alexander Edward Weiner Cody Robert Redditt Malory Rose Savoie Christina Dior Chantell Emily Madison Torres Destiny La'chelle Wesley Ashton Brooke Reedy Garrett Michael Scalia Smith Grace Elizabeth Toups Angela Maria Wetzel Ashton Brooke Reedy Elisabeth Berrill Schmitt Christopher Aloysius Smith Brendan Douglas Amelie Claire Whitehurst Lily Anastasia Rennhoff Caroline Groves Schroeder Cory Neal Smith Townsley Eleanor Claire Whitfield Mairin Elizabeth Reynolds Caroline Groves Schroeder Jessika Carsen Smithwick Danny Minh Tran Summer Rae Whittington Olivia Hebert Rink Andrew David Searles Nicole Melinda Sorensen Phuc Hoang Trinh Burgess Chase Matthew Divinea Patrice Roberson Kayla Bailey Seeger Hayley Elise Elizabeth A'Mari Reae Truby-McKay Williams Elizabeth Grace Robins Patrick Joseph Segura Spiers Khoi Dinh Truong Chloe Morgan Williams Aniya Sierra Robinson Ashley Denise Sheffield Sophia Hanauer Spring Alison Paige Turk Kiare Williams Chloe Maliaka Robinson Nisreen Hatim Sheikha Lorin Wales Staup Seth Ryan Vallet Lena Claire Wilson Hannah Nicole Robnik Eugene Byron Shepherd Autumn Nicole Stewart Abigail Nicole Van de Ven Tania Wali Wilson Claire Angelyn Rogers Alexandra Shiell Amanda Catherine Stone Madelynn Olivia Varnado Alexandra M. Wirth Ellie Victoria Rome Victoria Isabella Shillow Gabrielle Faith Stuart Kyle Joseph Michael Reegan Nicole Wolfe Zachary Adam Roubein Trenton Joseph Shows Marcus Andrew Suttleff Ventola Abby McKenzie Wolford Haley Layne Roule Cameron Thomas Zachary Dean Talbot Rebekah Marie Verlanc Destiny Dai'Channael Madison Rousse Simmons Lorenzo Andres Telleria Alexandra Adell Vickers Wright Aine Modeste Rowan Cameron Thomas Sarah Christine Monica Marie Viloria Destiny Dai'Channael Simmons Terracciano Laura Rose Russinsky Abigail Leigh Waag Wright Alero Kayla Simon Shelby Kate Terrell Mariana Faith Russo Haley Marie Wade Monica Judith Zapien Alero Kayla Simon Trevor Wyatt Thibodeaux

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Katy Elizabeth Abdelnoor Samantha Nicole Brianna Nicole Humphrey Aubrey Dale Newman Brooke Michelle Rosser Da'Quan Andrew Bellard Copeland Jessica H. Jones William Maurice Newman Dallas Harris Sampey Emily Sanders Bernard Ryne D'Arensbourg Nash Patrick Joyner Marion Herman Oglesby Alexis Tayler Scioneaux Carly Brigette Biagas Niels Werner Dickson Erica Lynn King Benjamin Omili Omili Jr. Amanda Brooks Sloss Trevor Joseph Blank Hunter Steven Duke Alexandra Jane Kirkland Max David Pancamo Pedro David Sosa Jancen Terry Brown Travin DeQwaune Dural Sidney Nicole Klimko Jamie Michael Passaro Trevor James Starkey Daniella Reenay Bryant Alexandra Michelle El Jennifer Woolf LaBauve Chasity Danyelle Payton Chloe Adair Terry Donavaughn Brighton Abed Agnes Victoria Marie Courtney Lynn Poche Stephanie Lynn Thomas Campbell Dallas Le'Dawn Gordon LeBlanc Stephen Thomas Podorsky Robert Boyett Tucker, IV Christopher Michael Carter Joshua Bernard Graham Bram Steven Metz Gabriella Ann Raskin Jaya Alexis Vaden DeFreda Dion Carter Steven Tyler Grant Ayana Veronica Mitchell Edward Joseph Rice, IV Brandon Joseph Verret Varun Chalasani Tyriana Y. Griffin-Nims Leonora Lynette Montegut Elizabeth Suzanne Shelby Joy Willis Ryker Zane Chason Morgan Luke Hefler Dalton William Mott Ritchie-Fudge Catherine Grace Zachariah Bradley Hazard Clement Madison Rose Higgins Jourdan Michelle Munson Sarah Elaine Rogers

Bachelor of Science Erin Lauren Aguillard Cristen Jordan Cooper Olivia Rose Givens Olivia Laura Kjellsten Caila Monet Palmer Kaycie Michele Allen Margie Victoria Cortes Lauren Suzanne Godard Claire Loraine LaGrone Anthony Lynne Palmisano Kailyn Elizabeth Arabie Alexandra Rae Crochet Kamri A'Lanna Gordon Tiana Marie Lazard Harsh Kamleshkumar Ryan Christopher Averitt Mallorie Alyssa Davis Ashlynn Nicole Gremillion Macy Alexandra Linton Panwala Amari Victoria Bellard Niels Werner Dickson Amanda Nicole Guidry Kristen Ann Mathews Bailey Morgan Perkins Sophia Louise Belleu Anna Rose Dupre Lakyn Michelle Haag Kyle Joseph McAlister Hannah Elizabeth Perkins Tierra Rayne Blair Megan Marie Dupuy Hunter Ann Hale Madeline Marie McDougall Sean Joseph Perry La'Daijah Rykell Bledsoe Brittany Christina Scarlett Ann Hammond Kendall Maria McGoey Anne Burke Rapp Claire Elizabeth Bowman Ferdinand Samantha Mary Harris Lauren Elizabeth McIntosh Courtney René Reed Salome L. Boyd Alexis Victoria Finch Alejandra Rene Haynes Lexi Michelle Menard Hannah Nicole Richards Courtney Jade Breaux Tanisha Renee Fleming Madelyn Frances Haynes Philip Michael Mizell Sierra René Roberson Chance David Bryant James William Fontenot Honor Victoria Herring Sophie Marie Moran Robert Mikell Rogers Breanna Nicole Burd Logan Bryce Fontenot Destiny Artellia Jenkins Sayde Marie Murphy Caleb Aaron Romig Mallory Lynn Burns Keri Fuselier Grace Elizabeth Jines Nhi Yen Nguyen Sara Ellen Russo Amanda Marie Cambre Alyssa Kate Galloway Cameron Jones Quyen Phuong Nguyen Michael Alan Schlak Cody Matthew Capps Katie Mae Gatewood Quintrele Michelle Jones Quynh-Nhu Huynh Loren Catalina Schlosser Mary Ella Carr Caroline Theresa Gielen Caroline Annabel Kallam Nguyen Anne Marie Seibert Margaret Emma Clark Riley Valentina Gill Ann-Elyse Karam Sarah Quynh Nguyen Sathonee Adaire Senegal Madison Alitzah Cohen McGlynn Kandice Antoinette Kelsey Jon Tyler Odell Adrian Eric Soulas

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 57 Ivy Katherine Souter Amanda Grace Summers Kemper Thomas Todd Zachary Andrew Traylor Julia Claire Weaver Lauren Alexandra Spillmon Victor Steven Tenorio Autumn-Skye Rita Fátima Melissa Umaña Stanley Huggins West Patrick Ripley Stewart Taylor Laraé Thigpen Tollefson Hernández Fredrick Anthony Zarazua Cody Andrew Sturrock Daniyell Autumn Marshall Nicholas Justin Paul Virella Shelby Lynn Zganjar Kevin Michael Sullivan Thomason Tranchina Darius Brett Warfield

MANSHIP SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication Emily Elizabeth Addington Christopher Paul DeFelice Kathryn Kearney McCaala Olivia Nelson Margaret Mary Ryan Le'Trece Sharish Adolph Camille Catherine Delaune Savannah Sloan Kirk Mollie Ann Nelson Evan Jacob Saacks Sara Marie Alarcon Mary Katherine Dicharry Myles Donald Antoine Abbigale Nguyen Meagan Lea Scherer Paige Camille Aldredge Alexandra Elizabeth Kuss Ha-Vy Vu Nguyen Taylor Elizabeth Scott Evan Matthew Alleman Dragonir Sarah Catherine LaBorde Zachary Ryan Nunez Andrew David Searles Isabella Marie Allen Cameron James Dunn Claire Marie Lakvold Abigail Francis Olejniczak Avery Rose Seelig Hailey Nicole Auglair Cole Catherine Dunnam Emily Grace Lambert Morgan Kathryn Oliver Cameron Michele Serafin Pryce Elizabeth Bahnsen Abigail Elizabeth Ellis Brett Matthew Landry Paul Pascal Palermo Codi D'nae Setters Olivia Louise Barbin Tyler Alex Eschette Kennedi Anastasia Landry Alyssa Rae Panepinto Kristen Shylin Singleton Jacob Ryan Beck Shelby Elizabeth Eskind Samantha Paige Lanham Leah Dominique Kendall Conlan Slate Claire Elizabeth Bermudez Adelaide Elizabeth Eysink Sean Anthony Larken Paternostro Abigail Leigh Smith Alyssa Brianna Berry Abbey Claire Frederick Allison Elizabeth Leavitt James Richard Payne Alexis Ariel Smith Cameron Frances Betbeze John Hansen Fruge Emily Forbes LeDoux Kristen Elizabeth Payne Jessica Lindsay Smith Allison Brooke Bonner Caroline Ava Fulghum Mary Madison Lemoine Caroline Jordan Peavy Joseph Braeden Smith Grace Katherine Bordelon Cristina Nicole Garcia Caroline Claire Licciardi Parker Gerard Peltier Maite Naysa Solis Michael Chase Bordelon Elizabeth Joy Garner Stephanie Margaret Little Ryan Daniel Pepperman Kathryn Elizabeth Suarez Olivia Renee Boudreaux Francesca Lee Granato Madison Nicole Lucks Ava Claire Perego Kaleigh Ann Sullivan Marlee-Ellen Roney Caleb Gregory Greene Amaya Leilani Lynch Tayler Brishaune Pierre Sydney Brook Tardy Bridges Collin Jude Guedon Mario Joseph Macaluso Jaci Layne Pinell Remy Rene Terrebonne Falon Alexis Brown Madeline Elyse Gwinn Michelle Marie Mahtook Sarah Katherine Pope Hunter James Thibodeaux Reagan Lynne Bunch Claire Elaine Hadlock Zois Harry Manaris Lydia Ann Powell Bailey Rutherford Tinsley Caitlin Elizabeth Burke Elizabeth McDaniel Elizabeth Randall Olivia Catherine Rackley Elizabeth Colon Toso Gwendolyn Mai English Hamblen Marchand Mason Joseph Ramagos Nikki Tran Camerlinck Haze Julia Hamilton Delanie Margaret Jacelyn Leigh Rasti Alexia Quinn Tsiropoulos McDonald Hannah Alicia Campo Caroline Grace Hebert Christopher Matthew Rees Kayla Briana Turner Alexandra Sofia Medina Stephanie Castillo Jillian Kate Hebert Madeleine Jane Reid Ashton Anthony Vaughn Lauren Ashley Meilleur Caroline Etzel Causey William Lucas Henderson Emily Rachel Ritchart Sophie Elizabeth Anna Michelle Coleman Laura Mallory Holland Olivia Elizabeth Melville Lauren Gabriell Roach Waguespack Draven S. Coleman Tadd G. Holmquist Sarah Kay Michel Katherine Elise Roberts Lauren Hope Watson Anne Morgan Cousins Catherine Gail Hunt John Andrew Mieras Jr. Mary Landrum Robinson James Austin White Tanner Neal Craft Sarah Nicole Hunt Grayson Moore Miller Rebecca Michelle Sydney Paige White Sarah Mackenzie Cripps Allyson Felicianne Huval Natalie Elizabeth Moll Robinson Russell Chamblee Wilder Anna Catherine Cuccio Lee Phelps Jacoby Cassidy Fay Moore Mikha De'Anne Romero Esabel Marie Williams Elizabeth Anne-Lan Cui Emily Seidel Jaques Julia Camille Moore Anna Logan Rosing Jaylon Christopher-Bond Kelsey O'Neal Curry Chelsee Paige Madison Claire Morgan Zachary Adam Roubein Wingfield Alaina Nicole Davanzo Johnson-Morris Madison Nicole Mullen Kate Lauren Roy Emma Wooden Marianna Elise Davis Haleigh Ashton Judge Maxwell Graham Olivia Kathleen Roy Constance Marie Zaragoza Nedanovich

COLLEGE OF MUSIC & DRAMATIC ARTS

Bachelor of Arts Samantha Rae Aldridge Christopher Figueroa Kain Alexander Gill Francisco Javier Pazo John Tran Azha Moné Alston Coreil Sarah Catherine Guarisco Siero Connor Brad Underwood MacKenzie Kay Andrews Mary Teresa DeVillier Garrett Anderson Howell Eamon Pettigrew Ke'Shone Lynn White Daisha Christine Badon Anthony Michael Doyle Lindsey Marie Hutson Stephanie Elizabeth Kiare Williams Devin Louis Barnes Chincia Onuekwumma Haleigh Richelle Jones Saucier Jaunee Danielle Young Vincent Joseph Bianca Ezejiofo Destin Lowell Marler Noah Thomas Smith Zoey Abigail Young Willis Carl Brei Quincia Oguuno Ezejiofo Lindsey Elise Muscatello Rebecca Lynn Smith Streisand Nicole Zeno Daniel Broussard Adam Boyd Fields Alexandra Lee Nicholson Erin Monique Stevenson Jesse Joseph Zeringue Kaitlin Rose Chavers Christopher Lee Freeland Angelle Mishon Thomas

58 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Bachelor of Music Rachel Punkay Blackwell Jonathan Michael Matthew Palmer Hrdlicka Leah Christian Moody Cari Alyce Sands Julia Marie Boudreaux Dufresne Jia Zhen Hwang Jordan Chase Moreno Annellise Marie Schulze Tyler Joseph Bourque Mary Grace Ellerbee Eva Jarecke Leigh Anne Robichaux Savannah Drummond Ashby Wellington Brown Jenna Renee Grissom Jennifer Lynn McGee John Forrest Robken Scott Zoey Carisa Cuseo Seth Cain Guerra Mikeila Ashley McQueston Anna Patrice Safko Reign Zurri Washington

Bachelor of Music Education Benjamin Clifton Buller Emily Michelle Firmin Benjamin Robert Morgan Hollyn Noel Slykhuis Harrison David Dollar Dustin Joplin Gonzales Alana Brigette Scott Katherine Marie Vukovics Morgan Rose Easterday Summer Blair Hayes Lauren Joan Slay Carley Frances West

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Bachelor of Science Ryan Austin Agsunod Masyn Inell Cameron Lionel Joseph Favret, IV Savannah Ashton Huff Eva Marie Mace Jack Thomas Aguillard Mary Katherine Carnes Ahmed Fazal-Ur-Rehman Amanda Celina Husein Connor Michael Maginnis Sahran Adil Al Busaidy Abigayle Marie Castine Kiara Marie Ferrygood Ellen Rhea Hymel Mark Anthony Maier, II Charles Carter Albert Nicole Theresa Catalano Claire Anne Fisher Ayah Saleh Ibrahim Garett Wayne Malone Allan Peter Anderson Madison Laurel Farrah Elizabeth Flattmann Chad Pierre Issa Shanice Nicole Manning Breonna Carnae Arvie Catalanotto Tanisha Renee Fleming Corley Joseph John Shelby Lee Manuel Sammy Salahi Asbahi Justin Michael Champagne Chalon Lawrence Fogarty, Yasmeen Kawji Nicholas Cade Marsh Alise J. Aucoin Akeia Lashawn Michelle II Natasha Catherine Kelly Eric Jose Ramon Martinez Madelyn Claire Aucoin Claiborne Nolan Peyton Fore George Trent Kestler Angelie Irene Matar Caroline Paige Babin Katherine Anne Clark Aisha Toniqua Freeman Munira Eyad Khaled Lindsey Alexis Mcdonald Ian Andrew Babin Robert Austin Clark Layne Elizabeth Freeman Shaya Yu Khorsandi Michael James McHugh Dillon Edward Ball Sarah Ann Clawson Elliot Joseph Frugé Catarina J. Kim Madison Brooke McInnis Sami B. Barakat Ashley Blair Clement Haley Elizabeth Gagliano Lynsey V. Klein Ishan S. Mehrotra Adam Joseph Barrack Charley Hannah Coats Eden McMillin Gallegos Kaylee Lynn Knuppel Mason D. Melancon Jared Michael Barrilleaux Maxwell Joseph Cole Kyle Philip Gaudet Kashyap Koul Brooke Matilda Mendoza Manon Philine Bart Claire Kraemer Couvillion Corey Michael Gaulden Jaeyeon Kweon Andrew W. Mercante Brandy Elizabeth Beall Jordan Victoria Cross Sydney Reneé Gautreau Luke C. Labat Madeline E. Mertz Christine Elizabeth Andres Gerardo Dangla Victoria Lee Geiger Emily Patricia LaBonia Olivia Catherine Messina Beaullieu Alexandra Dean Dautel Joseph Benton Gennaro Jordan D. Lahasky Lauren Elizabeth Metrailer Kristi Lynn Bell Sarah Elizabeth Davidson Zarafshan Ghulam-Ali Adrienne Carole Lambert Hunter Cole Meyer Emily Lynne Benedetto Megan Ashley Davis James Harvey Gibbens, III Grayson David Lambert Harrison Hill Millar Meredyth Blaire Berard Hayden Alexander Day Shannon Joan Glennon Grayson David Lambert Lindsay Grace Miller Savannah Caroline Birch Raeghan Nicole DeCuir Allen B. Gordon Taylor Suzanne Lambert Morgan Ann Minard Alexis Paige Blackwell Kristen Lee DeFreitas Lauren Renee Gossen Madeleine DeHaven Amy Margaret Mitchell Victoria E. Bollich Blake A. Degioanni Courtney Marie Gregoire Landry Madeline E. Mixon Alexandra Nicole Bothe Amber Alexis DeVillier Hayden John Guidry Cortney Marie Larkins Evan Scott Mobley Taylor Nicole Boyd Amanda Jane DeWitt Madeline Claire Guidry Caroline Elizabeth Lawless Victoria Grace Mobley Elizabeth Maria Bozner Patrick Sidney Dicken Megan Elizabeth Guidry Cecilia Tinh Le Amanda Lauren Monceaux Paige Alexis Brasseaux Kyle A. Domingue Lauren Catherine Guillot Justin Le Myla Faith Moore Austin Joseph Breaux Hannah Douget Sanjeev Samuel Gummadi Brianna LeBlanc Megan Alyse Morein James Randal Bridges Sage Belle Ducoing Danielle A. Gyasi Cayley Elizabeth LeBlanc Anna Christine Morgan Natalie Ann Brocato Katherine Victoria Dugas Garrett Reece Hains Danielle Nicole Ledet Philip Robert Morley Kaylynn Nicole Bromfield Tuquynh Nguyen Duong Sydney Elise Hale Alan K. Lee, II Shelby N. Mosby Emilie Marie Broussard Chloe Elizabeth Duval Sheryl Benét Hanson Jennifer Lee Emaya Marie Moss Joshua Peter Broussard Gabrielle Kathleen Eaves Lundyn A. Harrelson Aliese Alexandra Lemoine Haley Rebekah Mundle Taylor Alexis Broussard Arsys Massoud Eetessam Landon Dean Harrington Breona Symone Leonard Kali Echo Murphy Mason Lewis Bryant Madison Jessica Elie Sharon Elaine Hays Gabrielle Elizabeth Lewis Sarah Harper Myers Tony Bui Enas Elkersh Alexandra Lorayne Hebert Jun Lin Tiyuana T. Myres Kelly Catherine Burke Jessica Ashleigh Elliott Julia Grace Hebert Lauren Kathryn Little Emily T. Nauck Kyle J. Burns Natalie D. Encinia Erandi Madushani Herath Alyssa M. Lobello Ali Michelle Neck Michelle Elizabeth Byrnes James Jackson Erny Abigail Elizabeth Hess Madelyn Leslie Loescher Natalie Kate Neubig Sophia Olivia Cacioppo Jill Margaret Erny Ian Marshall Hill Ethyn Gabriel Loreno Anna Oanh Nguyen Clayton Randall Cain Dawson Charles Falgoust Lauren Elizabeth Hinkel Thomas Paul Luke Austin H. Nguyen Ross Edward Calhoun Annaliesa Renee Fanguy Madison Marie Hipps Julia Agustina Luraguiz Ryan Thai Son Nguyen Emily Catherine Cambre Anne Francis Faulk Madison Kaitlin Hopper Gianni Huy Ly Tommy Dinh Nguyen

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 59 Ye Rim Noh Kayla Mai'Lang Richardson Phelan Day Sewell Hayden H. Tageant Lucas Phat Vo Aniko Alicia Nowakowski Erin Marie Roach Hebah Shaikh Brendan Paul Tate Jennifer Trinh Vu Nicholas Todd Nugent Haley Brooke Roberts Alexandra Shiell Jimmy Martin Taylor, III John Forrest Ward, IV Collyn C. O'Quin Timothy Dean Roberts Michael Peyton Simons Kayley A. Terminie Braden Lee-Louis Warr Sarah Ann Passman Hannah Nicole Robnik Hailey Danielle Simpson Ashley Rae Thomas Caretia JeLayne Nathan Zachary Pearl Celine Cagampang Evan Sukir Sinnathamby Bobbi Jacklyn Thompson Washington Jordan Lamar Perry Rochon Maura Kathleen Slade Courtney Elizabeth Lindsey Elaine Watkins Claude Joseph Pertuit Claudia E. Rodriguez Bryce James Smith Toussel Ashlee Rae Weigand Diana Mai Pham Pablo Andres Rosas Reed Mark Smith Cindy Bao Quynh Tran Robert Urbain Weiss, IV Sarah Ngoc-Thao Pham Jane Ainsley Rothschild Tristan Michael Smith Aaron Trigg Alaina M. Wetzel Tanya Phi Daniel Aaron Ruppert Kristin Marie Sobie Keava ReShay Alexandra Elizabeth Marie Wherritt Aliyah Pierre Andrew Ray Rytlewski Nicole Michelle Songy Turner Kathryn Lynn White Hannah Clare Poirrier Lauren Renee' Sargent Kynnedi Britton Sonnier Peyton Allise Turner William Peyton Wilhite Julia Maeve Power Kylie Ann Sattler Jake Anderson Sossamon Sophia Joy Turner Ajah Kierra Zhane' Williams Austin Paul Primeaux Ashton Reid Says Jourdan Brianna Staffier Elizabeth Carolyn Upp Katherine Nicole Wood Taylor Ann Prudhomme Colton Reid Scariano Landon Bryant St. Angelo Larisa Catherine Vaccaro Hannah Kaye Wray Harmon Dean Pulliam Matthew Richardson Nathaniel Scott Stansbury Dzmitry Vaido Lucy L. Xu Virginia M. Quinlan Schonberg Alexander David Stant Alexandre Pierre Van Wendy Wenyu Xu Biersel Kamila Qushim Jessica Carter Charles Marshall David Michael Yancey Schaumburg Samuel E. Velasquez Farhana Sakina Rais Stephenson Evan Matthew Young Anne Marie Schwartz Samantha Leigh Vercher Mohammed Salman Rais Whitney Claire Sternfels Syed Akbar Zamin Hayden F. Scott Stephen Vining Anna Catherine Rawls Thomas Henry Stremlau Zachary Thomas Zeringue Elizabeth Anne Rafeh Swati Abigail Elisabeth Vinson Adam Sidney Zulli Tanner Drew Reed Seidenglanz

Bachelor of Science in Geology Nikki Elizabeth Neubeck

COLLEGE OF THE COAST & ENVIRONMENT

Bachelor of Science in Coastal Environmental Science Kareem Ahmad Abdo Christopher Michael Corsi Brittany Veronica Martin Grayton Elizabeth Spoon William Burke Arthur Gray Villere Cressy Michael William McDonell Bruno Philip Joseph Brahana Mackenzie Nicole Govett Chance Michael Melancon Brandon Michael Wolff Jill Jacquelyne Broussard Emma Rose Guidry Mari Evelyn Morgan Logan Hwarang Burnsed Calli Judith Joslin Regan Renee Rosenthal Justin Manuel Campano Evan Daniel Klein Callie Leanne Snow

60 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREES

GRADUATE CERTIFICATES

Analytics Julien Francesco Romano Econometrics Strategic Communication Carley Renée Begnaud Samuel Hunter Smith Masoud Asadi Evan Gabriel Fernandez Nick Bohall Kristen Margaret Stuckey Diane Katherine Bridges Erin Leigh Hill Drew Patrick Devall Andrew Joseph Thares Thao Thi Hien Bui Rashida Lucille Peters Josue Raul Diaz Thomas William Tolar Jillian Louise Washington Samuel Theodore Drummond Cherie Rose Walter Geographic Information William Paul Dufrene Trent Logan Webb Science Urban and Community Brian Richard Giandelone Shiqi J. Zhang Aimee Beaudette Education White Soloman Graves, V Charles M. Canan Cindy La'Shawn Ashley Archival Studies Jordi Camilo Guatemala Gonzalez Ria Mukerji Jeanette Lee Bankston Caroline Elizabeth Argrave Molly Elisabeth Jacobsen Jessica Lynnette Tolan Ann-Marie Herod Brendan Patrick Carrell Andrew Zachary Kasparek Neel Hemantkumar Vyas Ashley Gail Murphy Bridget Margaret Downey Amber Lynn LaPointe Sarah Faith Grimm Materials Science and Workforce Development Benjamin William Lauck Matthew Ryan Jordan Engineering Amanda Brooke Holiman Carter Louis Lundin Evan Matthew Kramer Tiago Ramos Leite da Silva Yen Luong Jennifer Leigh Levasseur Sebastian Luke Magann Lora Sheppard Records and Info Harrison James Martorana Claire Michaelle Thibodaux Management Joel Aaron Metzger Allyce Louise Smith Christiane Elizabeth Petitbon Kevin Patrick Quinn Jr.

MASTER'S DEGREES

Master of Accountancy Chelsea Danielle Andras Catherine Elizabeth Dubuc Cole Madison Kreger Nicholas Joseph Marc Taylor Alyssa Marie Azuara Hyedi V. Duong Christian Donald Madden Courtney Alexandra Templet Lauren Claire Bergeron Benjamin Cooper Feazel Julia Kathleen Pfeifer Morgan Theresa Thompson Vivian Tennessee Carter Jaci Jean Harrison Anna Elizabeth Stevens Summer Shannon West Christopher MacCallum Chapman Caroline Claire Hirschey Sean Michael Stewart Yanying Amy Chen Claire Elizabeth Jolly Zhe Sun

Master of Applied Statistics Henrique Cheng Guiying Su Kelin Wang Haixue Shen Alexander Christian Tryforos Zhen Xu

Master of Architecture Willie Varnard Goliday, II Taylor Moore Jones Hiral Milanbhai Tank Darrion Chester Goudy Sarah Beth Stafford Neel Hemantkumar Vyas

Master of Arts Jorge Miguel Abadin Erin Elizabeth Bonfanti Denitza Elide Duran Grant Alexander Heller Ciara Marie Achord Jesse Marie Bosco Judith Alexis Espinal Lauren Alexandra Herbert Sam Freda Allouche Megan Anne Bourgeois Mary Claire Fontenot Ann-Marie Herod Maye Nader Al-Selwady Iyonna Isabell Anel Boyd Emily Yvonne Ford Allison Grace Herring Taylor Gabrielle Anderson Blake Patrick Byrom Margaret Julia Furtner Esther Hong Anne Christian Ardoin Kirsten LaShay Campbell Auri Denise Gaines Humaira Hossain Caroline Elizabeth Argrave Kalli Marie Champagne Blair C. Gallon Madeline Michele Howell Kourtney Marie Baker Caitlin Ashley Charles Joseph Arthur Giavotella Ethan Hunter Isabelle Marie Bankston Meagan Diane Couvillion Aspen Channel Goldsberry Anne-Catherine Margeurite Marie Krista Alexandra Barrett Lillian Dang Xavier Sookedo Greaux Jagneaux Catherine Carlisle Bell Jacob Landon DeBoer Kimberly Clarissa Grubbs Ariel Marie Johnson Krista Erin Bennett Audrey Joy DeLuca Claudia Gabrielle Sachiko Hall Jaime Elizabeth Johnston Kyle Scott Bikowski Roman I-Song Druzdzel Michael Hay Cynthia C. Jones

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 61 Hannah Maureen Jumonville Meredith Anne Mueller Stephanie Michelle Saltzmann Lauren Ashley Toomey Erin Kathleen Keefer Nabiha Mujahid Dakota Jasmine Sandras RaKeema Thomas Toussaint Tanya Ann Kramer Michelle Ivelisse Otero-Rios Regina Charlotte Schneider Jordan Skyler Travis Jennifer Lynn LaRose Erick Javier Padilla Rosas Darby Lee Schoenfield Jennifer Inmaculada Vasquez Derrick DeWayne Lathan Krystal Lea Pauli Yue Shang Mary Jane Vincent Troy Micheal Legier Brooklyn Marie Pearce Jordan Elizabeth Smith Madeleine Elizabeth Vines Elizabeth Mara Lewis Hayden Brenna Pelletier Ashley Elizabeth Staszak Dennis Waswa Alexandra Angelle Lowe Monica Julianne Rangel Porras Shelby Alexandra Stewart Octavia Elizabeth Winters Erin Mann McCleary Xiaolei Qiu Loren Ann Stoller Allison Marie Wood Tayla Rhashae McKinney Rebecca Maria Riccardi Lindsay Lee Stultz Rebecca Dallas Woodall Haley Catherine Merryman Kelley Marie Robinson Andreana Arelle Tarleton Sarah Elizabeth Worrell Avery Virginia Morrison Genesis Ali Robles Tatum Colette Taylor Matthew Francis Wright

Master of Arts in Liberal Arts Sima Azhang Christopher James Forestier Cole Kendall Tracy Jonathan Jack Decoster Christian David LaCouture LeBrent R. Walker

Master of Arts in Teaching Dynasty Princess Allen Hannah Aileen Aihua Clotiaux Regan Nicole LeBlanc Ryan Patrick Sullivan Riley Grace Biggs Katelyn Maria Daigle Elise Annetta Leveille Claire Elizabeth Wild Susan Marie Borne Madison Claire Doggett Kayley Nicole Matthews Nicholas Michael Youngblood Jessica Alise Bowen Valerie Marie Eller Jordan Ariel Miller Alexandra Mary Zimmerman Elizabeth Gibbens Braymer Anna Elaine German Zoie Elizabeth Rhodes Madalyn Louise Brown Emily Ann Kennedy Natalie Lauren Seeser

Master of Business Administration Jean Franco Accomando Gregory James Feiten Jr. Yen Luong Sarah Ann Stalnaker Joseph Tyner Adkins Lindsay Frances Flory Marco Joseph Macera Taylor Andrew Stockford Taylor Claude Alphonso Lauren Elizabeth Fontaine Sebastian Luke Magann Kristen Margaret Stuckey Julie Bowers Antley Trent Patrick Forshag Harrison James Martorana Joseph S. Sukkar Colin Anthony Ashby Logan John Fowler Fatima Siddiq Mehr Cesare Ambrose Louis Szur Maritess Dabalos Aujero Penny Renee Gallemore Grace Elizabeth Menard Robert J. Taboada Carley R. Begnaud Madeline Faye George Maria Caroline Murphy Peter Michael Talluto Sarah Elizabeth Bernard Brian Richard Giandelone Wyatt Todd Nesom Andrew Joseph Thares Nick Bohall Benjamin Warren Golemo Sophia Pearl Nowicki Matthew Dwight Thomas Sam Houston Boyer Sarah Lynn Gonzales Daniel Jennings Pemble Allison Lael Thorpe Benjamin O. Brown White Soloman Graves, V Mycah Dean Perry Thomas William Tolar Jordan Alexander Buckley Nicolas Patrick Guarisco Christiane Elizabeth Petitbon Trenton Dale Traffanstedt Alyssa Marie Camet Jordi Camilo Guatemala Gonzalez Jayde Elise Platenburg Anthony David Trick Sloane Elizabeth Carroll Patricia Grace Harris Juan Hector Puga Jerry Christopher Vaughan Jr. Jennifer Lynn Castania Morgan A. Hernandez Kevin Patrick Quinn Jr. Lauren E. Verret Taylor Paul Cavalier Dillon Scott Hooter Colton Joel Milam Rachal Cherie R. Walter Brooklyn Marie Cedotal Dylan Aron Israel Allen Radkovich Rashonda Lacole Ward Francesca Amanda Chacon Molly Elisabeth Jacobsen Nioz Rafii-Tabrizi Trent Logan Webb Sam Harper Chastain LeAnn Goines Jones Giovanni Clement Ranzino Jason Scott Wecksler Victoria Gray Chustz Andrew Zachary Kasparek Anna Christina Reed Sarah Elizabeth White Claire Elizabeth Coppola Taryn Amber Kloth Steven E. Rogers Austin Matthew Wilder Ronald Cossich Jr. Amber Lynn LaPointe Julien Francesco Romano Jack William Wilkes Drew Patrick Devall Benjamin William Lauck Peter Michael Russo Kurin Kirk Williams David Anthony Diaso Jr. Brice Anthony Lazaro Michael James Rutland Lindsey Janet Witte Josue Raul Diaz Conner James LeBlanc Frances Kate Sanchez Rabbia Zaheer Jessica Anne DiCharia JD Lee, III Parker Richard Sanderson Shiqi J. Zhang Olivia Ann Domangue Patrick Joseph Lorio Meghan Elizabeth Sharp Matthew John Ziemnicki Samuel Theodore Drummond James Stevenson Luffey Samuel Hunter Smith Katherine Rushing Dukes Carter L. Lundin Brian Alan Snyder

Master of Digital Media Arts and Engineering Sarah Marina Kent Cantrell M. Lawson

62 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Master of Education Shareef Al-Dean Abuhajah Cameron Davis Bueche Chauntreniece Nicole Davis Sarah Jasmine Oldendorf Cindy La'Shawn Ashley Wai Ying Chan Hannah Rose Dugas Johna Boudreau Page Michael Todd Auzenne Amy Nichelle Cheveallier Mar'Lesha Lorraine Hollins Hannah Marie Pitre Brittany Berry Bigby Molly Adeline Clark Billie ChaNaire Holmes Nila Franklin Schwab Leigh St. Julian Billeaud Chantal Elizabeth Correll Dana Alexis Lewis Joanna Katherine Sheppard Abby Fay Blanchard Marites Pardines Corsino Ashley Gail Murphy Amanda Joy Weathers-Meyer

Master of Fine Arts Brandi Briquis Hanna Elizabeth Jean Kolenda Supreet Kaur Sidhu Stephan Antoine Viau Ava Hofmann Cree Nichelle Pettaway Alex Thomas Turissini

Master of Landscape Architecture

Hayden Manning Hammons Nguyệt Nguyễn Tanvi Mukesh Shah Taylor William Jacobsen Elizabeth Ann Peterson Yongqin Zhao

Master of Library and Information Science Caroline Elizabeth Argrave Nealie Morgan Hale Evan Matthew Kramer Izzy Oneiric Brendan Patrick Carrell Evonne Louise Dwan Hall Jennifer Leigh Levasseur Lora Sheppard Bridget Margaret Downey Soline Delvaille Holmes Ragan Michelle McLain Allyce Louise Smith Kelsey Meagan Ford Emily Grace Horan Cynthia Nellie Nelson Claire Michaelle Thibodaux Sarah Faith Grimm Matthew Ryan Jordan Rebekah Lee Nethken

Master of Mass Communication Jacey Renee Armand Rashida Lucille Peters Nicholas Alan Willbanks Erin Leigh Hill Jillian Louise Washington

Master of Music Claudia Daniela Aizaga Chávez Keturah Heard Roger Kyle Melton Gordon Taylor Stricklin Ashlyn Claire Carter Anna Gabriela Herrera Chirinos Alisha Marie Moore Julia Elisabet Tatum Hayoung Cho Telly Sevon Higgins Eric Daniel Morgan Daniel Fernando Torres Salazar Claire Monique Choquette Sarah Elizabeth Jenkins Alanna North Adam Daniel Torres Emily Marie Dirks Andrew John Kendall Ashley Kursten Nuñez Curtis Edward White Nickola Michael Doshier Wu Ji Khoo Joshua David Ognenoff Andrew Wood Casie Reeva Ford Ericka Jeannine Kudry Sabrina Kahlan Parry Nai-Chien Yo Chase Dwight Gillett Katherine Isabella Ryan Mallow Ronald Rodriguez Herrera Frank Scott Zachary Elana Joy Gleason Sean Cameron McLean Elise Harvey Spurlock

Master of Public Administration Oluwatobi Folashade Adeleke Jeremy O'Neil Hamlet Darren Chance McNeely Hannah Marie Rogers Shaleesa Joy Bynum Maurice Kirksey Jr. Megan Wunstel Melancon Macee Delynne Spencer Demetres Johnson Casma David Mark Lehman Jr. Antoine Denell Pierce Louis Eric Gremillion Jr. John Edward Lewis Trenton Wayne Reynolds

Master of Science Alexis Coleen Agard Alina Buchilina Vikash Dangal Leah Rose Forsyth Ethemaaduddin Ahmed Joshua V. Bunch Joshua Dean Decareaux Steven Craig Foundas Cara Lyn Anderson Jacob D. Bushaw Cody Allen DeLorenzo-Brown Giovana Matos Franco Azadeh Razavi Arab Tayler Marie Busselle Connie Mone't Despanie Arthur Gregory Gagliano Melissa Benitez Bach Eric Bryant Butler Marcelo Dimase Kristie Ann Galy Kymberly Baker Regan Alexis Byrden Sean Michael Dobies Erica Elise Gomez Adam Joseph Barrilleaux Caroline Morgan Camp Joanquil Dominique Donald Valentin Gomez Charles Carey Barron, III Luz Mireya Castro Morales Celia Drew Madeline Grace Gray Carlos Javier Bello Olivia Victorian Cezar Pu Du Allison Hawkins Guidroz Ericka Edwards Berry Daryl Mario Chatman Meghan Louise Duffy Austin Parker Guillot Colin Joseph Bosco Anissa Janae Chenevert Katherine Marguerite Ellis Peyton Olivia Gutierrez Benjamin James Clark Bresson Mohammad Kifayath Chowdhury Blake Woodson Esch Tabitha Lynn Harvey Kylee Ann Brown Carolyn Elena Clary Chelsea Nicole Fink Andrew David Hastings David Mansfield Browning, III William David Coronel S. Scott Fitzgerald Joseph Louis Hauth

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 63 Braxton Wilson Hinton Nicholas Blase Leo Phat Minh Ngo Alexander Elliot Soohoo-Hui Rachel Mae Hoffpauir Denzel Lee Lewis Blake Alexander Patrick Andrea Aldana Stanley Stewart Leeland Hooper Guandong Li Lucas George Pensinger Taylor Edward Stephens Abhishek Huddar Ting Lin Olivia Marie Polk Joshua David Stewart Stanley Chinonso Igbojekwe Shuxian Liu Xavier Demarcus Poole Anke Cordula Stöhr Glenda Distefano Imes William Daniel Lockwood Brianna Danielle Price Allison Catherine Stone Saiful Islam Ateet Maharjan Alina Prigozhina Laura Jane Thompson Sana Issa Paul Thomas Maloney Tiffany Johnson Rasberry Larry Fisher Tuttle Jr. Stanley Leonard Jenkins Bienvenu Sedin Massamba Maxwell Sumner Reeser Cullen Michael Vincellette Zachary Phillip Jermain Peter Andrew Mata Michaya An'Janae Richardson Qing Wang Jon Cole Jordan Alicia Suzann McNatt Macy Kenes Richardson Weile Wei Haley Marie Jorgensen Adam Christopher Morales Vanessa M. Romulus Emma Rose Western Ashley Judlin Robin Jeane Morgan Christopher Ashley Scheumack Marshaletta Champagne Wheeler Shelby Morgan Katz David James Moscicki Austin Nicholas Sellers Brianna Sheree Whitley Holly Ann Kelchner Ria Mukerji Michael Keith Shannon, II Anitra Latrill Williams Connor Andrew Kuhn Benjamin Charles Mullen Matthew Paul Shoemaker Joseph Arthur Williams, IV Sarah Ann Lang John Michael Munson Zhumagali Shomanov Casie Marie Woods-Pandolfi Katie Renee LeCoq Neil James Murren Jeffrey Hiram Skaggs JacQuesse Lashaye Wordlaw Shannon Corinne Lehman Alimire Nabijiang Desiree Nichole Smith Ying Xiao Cade Andrew LeJeune Awani Kishor Naware Mathew Damien Smith Wenting Zhang Cooper Matthew Lemoine Hugh Van Ngo Samira Soleimani

Master of Science in Civil Engineering James David Benson Saba Doulabi Shuo Yang Nader da Fonseca Yousef Haq Murad Nazari

Master of Science in Construction Management Emelia Louise Brooks Thomas Marshall Hill Maryam Mollazadeh Daniel Brian Sullivan Ehab Said Gnan Sysun Danay Howell Shant Aaron Paklaian Kristin Leigh Vinesett Lucas Edward Helton Shawn Andrew Macomber Brian Joseph Penn

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Rakshak Bommasetty Raveen

Master of Science in Engineering Science Deekshith Mandala Sharuk Shaik

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Paige Marie Boudreaux Tasmia Mustaquim

Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering Hazem Fleifel James Lee Nielsen Jr. Herman Kamehameha von Holt MaKuachukwu Fedeva Mbaegbu Ligia Tornisiello Francisco Bruno Xavier Teles

Master of Social Work Kayla Alyse Accardo Amanda Claire Benson Sara Elizabeth Caballero Savannah Leigh D'Aubin MarySue Main Adams Courtney Marie Bergin Ateisha Lane'e Cage Amelia Danielle Davis Jardashai Jaqueline Alexander Jennifer Fleming Beytin Bridget N. Cain Erin Nicole Davis Maria Elena Violeta Allgood Katelyn Nicole Boone Shannon Marie Cannon Destiny Nicole Day Waconda J. Alvarez Kellie Boudreaux Katherine Marie Carroll Glory Ariel Deaton Leah Genevieve Donna Anthony Brittany Janel Bounds Tawanda Dequize Carter Abbey Nicolette Bethel Dolan Kayla Gradney Ardoin Coty James Bourque Sommer Marie Charles Kayla Dunn Janasia Lajae' Ayers Deborah Broussard Breaux Ryten Ha'aheo Tunahara Liwai Rachel Nichole Dunn Hailey Elizabeth Babineaux Daphne Rena Bridges Chu Sherron Robyn Eddy James William Bailey Nicole Pellegrin Brogger Taylar Ayngelle Claiborne Ryan Joseph Ellender Julianna Nicole Bardgett LaKeiah Brown ShaRhonda Nicole Bernice Collins John Vincent Enderle Ryan Elizabeth Barham Andrea Yvette Brown Sean Joseph Comiskey Aubrey Marie Enfield Jacqueline Elizabeth Bartley Barron Sheree Brown Samantha Nicole R. Conner Carli Cason Estelle Leslie Blaine Bateaste Kimberly Denise Bush Chantel Williams Crockett Victoria Leigh Fahnestock Cordan Nicole Beebe Kourtney Kiera Butler Alexis Marie Daigle Bailey Boles Farmer

64 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Krystal Michelle Ferrell Mackenzie Renee Jones Janay Nikia Morgan Avraham Y. Schulgasser Taylor Lyn Flowers Shamella Lyn Joy Brittnee Lambert Mumphrey Alexis C. Sevario Keondra Danielle Francis Hannah Lee Juneau Elizabeth Marguerite Murphy Jessica Erin Sherrill Sarah Alexandra Freedman Amy Marie Karr Erikka Sund Neal Traci Darren Smith LaShann Marie Freeman Arniesha Dijon Keener Alisa Johnson Newsome Kimberly Snead Laura Jaén Garcia K. Patrick Kemmerly Margaret Kimberly Noyes Natasha D. Sopchak Nicole Grace Gardana Tiffany Rose Kimmel Ndidi Augustina Okwale Aly Spor Evan Garner Gatlin T'Anita Chanell King Heidi Manuel Olivier Shantrice Pittman Sylve Qyonna Iyasia Grady Kyle Matthew LaNasa Josephine Rita Orgah Kristin Marie Tessier Jake Jerome Guidry Delanie Nicole Landers August Rhiannon Ormand Chelsea Ann Thee Samantha Lynn Guyer Joi Ashley Legard Kimberly Brianna Peterson Haley Thompson Gabrielle Ann Hahnebohm John Bryant LeJeune Martha Bomboy Pharr Stephanie Lynn Tobison Abby Rose Haida-Wiggins Shelby Claire Lemoine Katherine Appe Pitarro Morgan Elise Torres Shanon Renee' Hale Austin Lillenberg Noelle Kristina Raymond Lucia Marie Tripodes Anita Monique Hall Uriah Nigel London Ja'Marcus Shabazz Malik Reed Gabrelle Fayeyunna Tripp Angelle Kemyra Harris Zakaris Myett Martin Kaitlyn Michelle Rinker Byron Keith Tyner Jr. Courtney Monique Harris Sarah Elizabeth Martin Stephonie Nikkole Rodgers Sarah Elizabeth Wann Amber Lynn Hebert Chandler Catherine Massengale Isabella Zilah Rollo Tromeka Idreaion Washington Krystal Latoya Holmes Federico Mato Viola Nicole Roque Melissa Anne Wilder Lashaunda Nicole Holmes Mariah Dineeka Maurice Michael Philip Rosalez Joseph Kevin Wiley Fedena Charity Jean Mandy Alecia McCoy Tremaine Paul Rossyion Akikka Jharnae Williams Dayna L. Jimison Martha Nelson Michael Madeline Ruth Roy Kiyanna Lashi Williams Jessica Fae Johansen Ashley Klibert Migliore Amelia Marydell Ryland Kelsey Jo Wolf Rometta L. Johnson Patrick Lee Mitchell Courtney M'lis Sanders Heather Marie Young JaKira Natrice Jones Alliah Michelle Mixon Holly Anne Savoie Megan Elisabeth Zoltowski

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Thomas Daniel Abbott Mohsen Amirmojahedi Anna Castrillo Bartel Michele Lee Blackwell Physics, PhD Civil Engineering, PhD Educational Leadership and Educational Leadership and Professor Gabriela Gonzalez Professors Murad Abu-Farsakh Research, PhD Research, PhD “Calibration Transients in LIGO and George Z. Voyiadjis Professor Ashley Clayton Professor Ashley Clayton Detectors” “Estimation of the Axial and “Interactions Between Federal “Examining Nursing Student Lateral Capacity of Driven Education Tax Credits and State- Dropout Behavior: An Event Christopher Keith Addison Piles from the Results of Cone based Aid Programs: An Analysis History Analysis” Plant, Environment Managment, Penetration Test and Finite of State Budgeting for Higher and Soil Sciences, PhD Element Analysis” Education” Kimberly Saunier Boudreaux Professor Adam Famoso Sociology, PhD Thomas Mitchell Andrus Farhang Bayat “Phenotypic and Genotypic Professor Dana Berkowitz Characterization of Aroma and Geology, PhD Electrical Engineering, PhD “National Guard Families: Cercospora janseana Resistance Professor Samuel J. Bentley Professor Shuangqing Wei The Relationship Between in U.S. Rice” “The Long-term Outlook of “Study of Fundamental Tradeoff Institutional Discourses and Lived the Mississippi - Atchafalaya Between Deliverable and Experiences” Ashley Allen Bifurcation: A Convergence of Private Information in Statistical Geography and Anthropology, Engineering, Economics, and Inference” Centria Deondra Brown PhD Deltaic Evolution” Music, DMA Professors Craig Colten and Michael Edward Becker Professor Seth H. Orgel Cihan Aydiner Dydia DeLyser Entomology, PhD “The Use of the Alexander “Talking about the Weather: Sociology, PhD Professor Lane Foil Technique as a Practice Tool for Impacts of Tornado Stories on Professor Wesley Shrum “Characterizing the Epidemiology Horn Performance” Memory and Identity” “Motivation, Higher Education, of Bluetongue and Epizootic Belonging, and Development: Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in Charles Alexander Brown Hussam Abdullah Almujalli Integration of Highly Educated Louisiana” Biological Sciences, PhD Immigrants into the Western Comparative Literature, PhD Professor Fernando Galvez Labor Market” Naomi Petrea Bennett Professor Gregory Stone “Impacts of the Deepwater “The Function of Poetry in the Communication Studies, PhD Horizon Oil Spill on Reproduction Maqamat al-Hariri" Professor Patricia A. Suchy and Ontogeny of Gulf Killifish “Virtual Touch: Embodied (Fundlus grandis)” Experiences of (dis) Embodied Intimacy in Mediatized Performance”

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 65 Danielle Marie Butcher Jaime Michelle Compton Marla Jane Erwin Chuqi Guo Curriculum and Instruction, PhD Music, DMA Educational Leadership and Environmental Science, PhD Professor Estanislado Barrera, IV Completed a Non-Thesis Program Research, PhD Professor Slawomir Lomnicki “Unprepared to be Culturally of Research and/or Creative Professors Eugene Kennedy and “Phytosampling of Ambient Air Responsive: An Examination of Activity Katie E. Cherry Particulate Matter (PM) - New Secondary ESL Educators in Rural “Ageism and Embodied Method of PM-Associated Louisiana” Kristina Jazmin Cook Stereotypes: A Study of Adult Pollution Characterization” Food Science, PhD Learners in Community College Samuel Morris Bynum Professor Jack Losso at Midlife” Candice Nicole Hale Chemistry, PhD “Sodium Propionate and Sodium English, PhD Professor John Pojman Butyrate Promote Fatty Acid Danielle Renae Eugene Professor Michael Bibler “Influencing Factors on the Oxidation in HepG2 Cells under Social Work, PhD “Mixed Messages: Reading Velocity and Temperature of Oxidative Stress” Professor Timothy Page Contemporary U.S. Literature of Propagating Fronts in Acrylate “Social Contexts and Biracial Girlhood” Composites” Pragathi Darapaneni Disconnectedness: A Mixed Chemical Engineering, PhD Methods Analysis of Interrelated Joshua Ryan Hamzehee Charles Ethan Byrne Professor James Dorman Effects of Families, Peers, and Communication Studies, PhD Schools on African American Biological Engineering, PhD “Tunable Luminescence of Rare Professor Tracy Stephenson Youth” Professor Elizabeth Martin Earth Duped Nanophosphors Via Shaffer “Multifaceted Biological Adaptive Optical Properties of “Baton Rouge SLAM!: An Obituary Tara Fife Engineering Approach to Breast Transition Metals” for Summer 2016: A Critical Cancer Modeling and Drug Mathematics, PhD Performance Ethnography of Delivery” Zorica Dimova Professor James Oxley Eclectic Truth Poetry Slam” Music, DMA “On Selected Subclasses of Xun Cheng Completed a Non-Thesis Program Matroids” Fenglin Han Chemical Engineering, PhD of Research and/or Creative Civil Engineering, PhD Professor Ye Xu Activity Sara Karoline Figueiredo Professors Xiuping Zhu and “First-Principle Study on the Stofela Hongliang Zhang Interaction of Ligands with Gold Timothy Patrick Dombrowski Chemical Engineering, PhD “Concentrations, Sources and and Effects on Catalytic Activities” Business Administration, PhD Professor Kevin McPeak Health Risks of Particulate Matter Professor R. Kelley Pace “Noble-Transition Alloy Absorbers in Southeast US: Current Status Andre Yong Chun Chiang “Essays on Mortgage Portfolio for Near-Infrared Hot-Carrier and Future Changes” Music, DMA Diversification” Optoelectronics” Professor Dennis Jesse Nathan Earl Harms “A Performance Guide to Kurt Aleksandra Drozzina Sai Sankar Ganesan Biological Sciences, PhD Erickson’s Song Cycle Here, Music, PhD Chemical Engineering, PhD Professor James Cronin Bullet” Professor Inessa Bazayev Professor K. Nandakumar “Biogeography of Biological “Schnittke, Gubaidulina, and “Internals in Gas-Liquid Systems” Control: Spatial Variation in Alexandra Christensen Part: Religion and Spirituality Agent-Host Interactions” Oceanography and Coastal During the Late Thaw and Early Peter Gingeleskie Sciences, PhD Perestroika” Economics, PhD Michael Patrick Hayes Professor Robert Twilley Professor Bulent Unel Chemistry, PhD “Physical and Biological Factors Hui Du “Socio-economic Impact of Professor Robert Cook Controlling the Fate of Nitrate in a Petroleum Engineering, PhD Immigration and Diversity in the “Spectroscopic Study of Natural Coastal Deltaic Floodplain” Professor Yuanhang Chen U.S.” Organic Matter and Carbon “Experimental Evaluation of How Fluctuation in Environmental Isaiah Fink Avraham Cohen Mineralogy and Microstructure Joanna Sarah Griffiths Systems” Sociology, PhD Impact Micro-Geomechanics of Biological Sciences, PhD Shale Rocks” Larry James Heard Professor Mark Schafer Professor Morgan Kelly “Family Matters. Or Does It? “Natural Variation and Music, DMA Family Involvement in American Pu Du Evolutionary Responses to Professor Joseph Skillen Education” Chemistry, PhD Climate Change Stressors in “Instrument Construction: An Professor Revati Kumar Marine Invertebrates” Examination of the Effect of Lead Kendall Marie Valentine Cole “Modeling and Simulations of Pipe Design Variability on Tuba Oceanography and Coastal Peptoids” Daniel Guedes de Oliveira Response” Sciences, PhD Chemical Engineering, PhD Amber R. Hebert Professor Giulio Mariotti June Maria Durio Professor Krishnaswamy “Ecogeomorphic Evolution Educational Leadership and Nandakumar Social Work, PhD of Muddy Coastlines: How Research, PhD “A Study of Particle-Laden Flows Professor Wesley Church Biota on a Range of Scales, Professor Keena Arbuthnot from Meso and Micro-Scale “Correctional Officers’ Mental from Microscopic Biofilms to “The Perceptions of Foster Care Perspectives” Health Literacy and Attitudes Landscape-scale Vegetation Alumni’s Experiences with Four- Toward Offenders with Mental Zonation Patterns, Interact with Year Postsecondary Education Juan Diego Guevara Pinto Illness” Physical Processes” Institutions: A Case for Capital Psychology, PhD and Field Advantage” Professor Megan H. Papesh “Leveling the Viewing Field: The Impact of Target-Prevalence on Searcher’s Functional Viewing Field”

66 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Chia-Shan Hsu Sung ho Kim Tairan Liu Roshan Kumar Nepal Music, DMA Music, PhD Mechanical Engineering, PhD Physics, PhD Professor Espen Lilleslatten Professor Dinos Constantinides Professor Marcio de Queiroz Professor Rongying Jin Completed a Non-Thesis Program “The Text Setting of Henry “Distance-Based Formation “Investigation of Complex of Research and/or Creative Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas - Control: Theory, Applications, and Magnetic Phenomena in Spinel Activity Symphony No.2 (Composition)” Issues” FeMn2 O4, MnFe2O4, and NiFe2O4” Robert Darren Hutchinson Elizabeth Anne Knox Nicholas Joseph Magazine English, PhD Music, PhD Nutrition and Food Sciences, PhD Mounir Nessim Professor Joseph Kronick Professor Dinos Constantinides Professor Jack Losso Music, DMA “Emerson’s Idealist Poetics: “Concerto for Violin and “Synthesis and Preliminary Ex Professor Espen Lilleslatten Emerson, Rodl, and the Life of Orchestra and Nevertheless, Vivo Testing of SiRNA Targeting “Viola Fragments: Contextualizing Nature” She Composed: A Contemporary TCRb - A Proposed Therapy for and Interpreting Selections from Survey of Women Composers of the Treatment of Autoimmunity” Kurtag’s Signs, Games, and Justin Thomas Ittmann the Twenty-First Century” Messages” Engineering Science, PhD Thomas John Martin Julius Kyakuwa Huy Huu Nguyen Professors Ayman Okeil and French, PhD Carol Friedland Music, PhD Professor Alexandre Leupin Chemistry, PhD “Liability of the Structural Professor Ann Marie Stanley “The Venice Four Chanson de Professor Robin L. McCarley Engineer: Establishing, “A Case Study of Two Preservice Roland: Transformations and “Content Release and Fusion Quantifying, and Managing Risks” Elementary Music Teachers as Creolizations” of Quinone-Based Liposomes: Culture-Bearers” Lipid Distribution and Cleavage Kevin Valson Jacob Elisha Siddiqui Matekole Symmetry of the Quinone Physics, PhD Alexander Melvin Laminack Physics, PhD Headgroup at the Bilayer” Professor Jonathan Dowling Physics, PhD Professor Hwang Lee My T. Nguyen “On Characterizing Quantum Professor Jeffrey Blackmon “Novel Photon-detector Processes and Detectors” “Stellar Nucelosynthesis: Direct Models for Enhanced Quantum Economics, PhD Measurement of the Neutron Information Processing” Professors H. Naci Mocan and Yichen Jia Capture Cross Sections of Stable Ozkan Eren Computer Science, PhD Germanium Isotopes and Design Stuart Alexander McClellan “Essays on the Economics of of a Next Generation Ion Trap Education” Professor Feng Chen Environmental Science, PhD for the Study of Beta-Delayed Professor Edward A. Laws “Understanding and Optimizing Neutron Emission” Juterh Nmah Flash-Based Key-Value Systems “Assessment of Autoclaved Alkaline-Extractable Soil Protein Educational Leadership and in Data Centers” Olanike Lydia Lawore and Refractory Soil Organic Research, PhD Changyi Jiang English, PhD Carbon and Nitrogen Across Two Professor Jennifer R. Curry Chemical Engineering, PhD Professor Sharon A. Weltman Chronosequences of Developing “Professional Development and “Narrating Nigeriopolitanism: The Coastal Wetlands” Supervision of Live-In and Live-On Professor Kerry M. Dooley Multiplicity of Nigerian Identity at Housing and Residence Life “Transition Metal-doped Rare- Home and Abroad” Grace Claire McCrary Professionals for Crisis Response earth Oxysulfide Catalysts for and Management” High Temperature Dry Reforming Music, DMA Kien Le Professor Sandra Moon of Methane” Brittany E. Owens Economics, PhD “A Performer’s Guide to ‘No Man Susan Lale Karimiha Professor Areendam Chanda in His Right Mind,’ ‘Letter,’ and Entomology, PhD Human Resource Education, PhD “Agricultural Policies and ‘Mirror Mirror’ from the Opera, Professor Christopher E. Carlton Economic Development in Dog Days” “Taxonomy and Systematics of Professor Sunyoung Park Vietnam” the New Zealand Pselaphini “Understanding the Impact of Austin Stephen McCray (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Psychological Empowerment, Mahakit Lerdcheewanan Pselaphinae)” Workplace Motivation, and Social History, PhD Music, DMA Professor Maribel Dietz Capital on the Job Performance Sean Michael Perry of Farmers in Honduras: A Mixed Professor Espen Lilleslatten “Between the Judean Desert Methods Study” Completed a Non-Thesis Program and Gaza: Asceticism and Biomedical and Veterinary of Research and/or Creative the Monastic Communities of Medical Sciences, PhD (VCS) Eneet Kaur Activity Palestine in the Sixth-Century” Professor Mark A. Mitchell Physics, PhD “Can Assisted Reproductive Bingqing Liu Petrouchka LoiuseLeslie Moise Technologies Help Conserve 300 Professor Mark Wilde Oceanography and Coastal Cultural Preservation, DDes Million Years of Evolution? A First “Limitations on Protecting Attempt at Developing Assisted Sciences, PhD Professors Michael Desmond and Information from Adversaries” Reproductive Technologies for Professor Eurico J. D’Sa William Douglas Male Reptiles” Henok Kefelegn “Optical-Biogeochemical “Mitan-Morphic: The Study of the Properties and Linkages to Evolution of the Contemporary Civil Engineering, PhD Dominique Petite Environmental Drivers in the Haitian Artist in Relations to Professor Zhiqiang Deng Estuarine-Coastal Ecosystem of Historical Trauma” Music, DMA “Automatic Shoreline Digitization the Northern Gulf of Mexico from Professor John Dickson and Mesh Element Sizing for Field and Satellite Observations” Matthew James Myers “James Kallembach’s Antigone: A Hydrodynamic Modeling” Music, DMA Conductor’s Guide” Professor John Dickson “A Conductor’s Guide to ‘amass’ by Jocelyn Hagen”

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 67 Ryan Decker Rasner Nadra Ibrahim Eltayeb Sakr David Suleiman Landon Paul Viator Communication Studies, PhD Physics, PhD Business Administration, PhD Music, PhD Professor James Honeycutt Professor Philip Sprunger Professor Wei-Ling Song Professor Jesse Allison “Communicating Observation “Vibrational and Electronic “Essays on Relationship Banking “Finding Music in Chaos: in Interpersonal Relationships: Structure of Environmentally and Corporate Financial Policies” Designing and Composing with Development and Validation of Persistent Free Radicals Formed Virtual Instruments Inspired by the Communicating Observation on Metal Oxide Nanoclusters and Razia Sultana Chaotic Equations” Measure” Single-Crystal Surfaces” Biomedical and Veterinary Medical Sciences, PhD (CBS) Elizabeth Mitchell Wallace Rebecca Lee Rast Cynthia Erin Sampson Professor Charles C. Lee Music, PhD Business Administration, PhD Communication Studies, PhD “Neural, Behavioral and Professor Daniel Isbell Professors Dan Hamilton Rice Professor David Terry Molecular Alterations in Mouse “Acoustic Measures of the Singing and Andrew Kuo “Theater of the Obsessed” Models of Schizophrenia” Voice in Secondary School “Examining Methodological Singers” Approaches to Measuring Fevzi Sarac Elizabeth Maria Taylor Emotional Reactions to Political Science, PhD History, PhD Erin Elizabeth Wallace Advertisements: A Comparison Professor Leonard Ray Professor Victor Stater Social Work, PhD of Self-Report and Physiological “The Differences between “James I: Monarchial Professor Tim Page Response Measures” Political Islam and the Hizmet Representation and English “Couples’ Relationship Qualities Movement in Turkey” Identity” and Child Behavior Problems” Timothy Thomas Reling Sociology, PhD Katelynn Marie Sell Clay Stephens Tucker Kai Wang Professors Michael Barton and Business Administration, PhD Geography and Anthropology, Biological Sciences, PhD Sarah Becker Professor Thomas Greckhamer PhD Professor John C. Larkin “A Comprehensive Assessment of “Constructing Interests Through Professor Jill Trepanier “Function of Cyclin-CDK Rape Myths, Hookup Culture, and Discourse: An Examination of “Analyzing Climate Risk to Complexes in Endoreplication Social Structure” Renewable Energy Industry Maritime Cypress Swamps and Regulation by the CDK Inhibitor Associations” Pine Savannas of the Gulf of SIAMESE” Lori Simone’ Robinson Mexico Coastal Plain” Educational Leadership and Subir Bahadur Shakya Tianheng Wang Research, PhD Biological Sciences, PhD Reuben Twijukye Economics, PhD Professor Eugene Kennedy Professor Frederick H. Sheldon Human Resource Education, PhD Professors Naci Mocan and “Summertime: A Mixed- “Genomics and Population Professor Michael F. Burnett Ozkan Eren Methodology Study Exploring the History of Black- Headed Bulbul “The Influence of Housing in “Three Essays on the Economics Effects of a University Career and (Brachypodius atriceps) Color a Content-Based Residential of Education” Professional Development Course Morphs” College and Selected as First-year Student Athletes Demographic Characteristics on Transition into the Universtity” Yibo Xie Hamed Shamkhalichenar the Retention of Students Enrolled Physics, PhD in a College of Business at a Taylor Hughes Rowley Electrical Engineering, PhD Professors Rui Zhang and Research University (RU/VH) in Professor Jin-Woo Choi Kenneth Matthews Geography and Anthropology, the Southern Region of the United “Printed Electrochemical Sensors” “Comprehensive Investigation PhD States” of Radiotherapy Techniques Professor Kory Konsoer Safura Sharifi for Whole Breast and Post- “Field Investigation on Point Bar Sri Laalitya Uppalapati Electrical Engineering, PhD Mastectomy Irradiations” Dynamics and Planform Evolution Physics, PhD in Meandering Rivers” Professors Georgios Veronis and Professor Daniel Sheehy Jonathan Dowling Jingzhu Xu “Examining Interaction Effects Carly Marie Rubin “Application of Stochastic Physics, PhD in 2D Fermi Gases Using Optimization and Machine Professor Joyoni Dey English, PhD Renormalization Group Theory” Learning in Photonic “X-ray Interferometry Without Professor Joseph Kronick Nanostructures and Quantum Analyzer for Breast CT “Writing Time: Modern Physics, Eliza Dickinson Urban Optical Systems” Application, a Simulation Study” Modernist Lyric, and the Poetics of English, PhD Temporality” Deirdre Colleen Smith Professor Sharon Weltman Zhen Xu “Ghost Writing: Edward Cameron Lee Rutt Geography and Anthropology, Renewable Natural Resources, PhD Bulwer-Lytton’s Occult Novels PhD Renewable Natural Resources, and the Rhetoric of Spectral Professor Jill Trepanier Professor Y. Jun Xu PhD Phenomenology” “Spatiotemporal and “Element Transport in a River- Professor Philip C. Stouffer Meteorological Analysis of Lake Continuum Across “Conservation Potential and Manibarathi Vaithiyanathan Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes” Forest-Dominated Landscapes: A Mechanisms of Avian Decline Chemical Engineering, PhD Case Study in Central Louisiana” in Experimentally Fragmented Professor Adam T. Melvin and Regenerating Amazonian Montana Jean Smith “Experimental and Computational Rainforest” Communication Studies, PhD Shijun Yan Tools for Single Cell Analysis in Professor Tracy Stephenson Kinesiology, PhD Cancer Diagnostics” Shaffer Professor Jan M. Hondzinski “The Choreo-Story Workshops: “Geometric Visual Illusion Devising Body Narratives” Effects on Visual Perception and Visuomotor Control: Emphasis on the Vertical-Horizontal Illusion”

68 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Chien-Hui Yang Laibao Zhang Xiaodong Zhao Haojie Zhu Music, DMA Chemical Engineering, PhD Physics, PhD Geography and Anthropology, Professor Dennis Parker Professor Kunlun Ding Professor Rui Zhang PhD “A Survey of French Cello Music “Size-Selective Catalysis “Accurate Tracking of Patient Professor Fahui Wang Dating from the Baroque Era to by Encapsulated Metal Position and Dose Based on “Building an Agent-Based Crime the 20th-Century” Nanoparticles” Volumetric Modulated Arc Simulation with Environmental Therapy-Computed Tomography” Criminology and Time Geography: A Case Study of Robberies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana”

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Tech Board of Visitors. A member of David R. Cassidy (1972 1970s the faculty since 1980, Bork served as BACH H&SS, 1975 JD) Marguerite L. Adams department chair in the Department of an attorney with (1975 BACH ENGR, Landscape Architecture from 2000 Breazeale, Sachse & 1975 MAST LSU Med), through 2007, leading the Wilson, is listed in the an attorney with Liskow department's transition into a program 2020 edition of & Lewis, was ranked in and expanding graduate studies in Chambers USA: the 2020 edition of landscape architecture in the greater America’s Leading Lawyers for Chambers USA: Washington, D.C., metro area. Under Business for Louisiana in the area of America's Leading Lawyers for his leadership, the undergraduate Tax.gineer with Suez WTS in the Business in the area of Real Estate. program attained top-ranked status in Gulf Area. the DesignIntelligence rankings and Dean Bork (1979 MAST achieved its highest ever levels of Charlie D’Agostino A&D), associate externally funded research. Bork (1970 BACH SCI, 1972 professor of landscape received his bachelor’s degree in MBA), president of architecture in the landscape architecture from the Developmental College of Architecture University of Wisconsin. Consulting, LLC, was and Urban Studies at named to Baton Rouge Virginia Tech, was Kirk Borne (1975 BACH Business Report’s 2020 conferred the title of associate SCI), data scientist and Hall of Fame as Hall of Fame Laureate professor emeritus by the Virginia astrophysicist at Booz in March. D’Agostino, founder of LSU’s Allen Hamilton, Innovation Park and the Louisiana Columbia, Md., was Business and Technology Center, and DEGREES named a 2019 its executive director for thirty years, is BACH Bachelor’s Degree American Astronomical past president of the Association of MAST Master’s Degree Society (AAS) Fellow for achievement University Research Parks. PHD Doctorate and extraordinary service to the field SPEC Specialist of astronomy and the society. Borne Gregory D. Frost, (1977 DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine was previously professor of BACH H&SS, 1981 JD), JD Juris Doctorate astrophysics and computational an attorney with (LSU Law School) science at George Mason University Breazeale, Sachse & LLM Master of Laws and served as undergraduate advisor Wilson, is listed in the MD Medical Doctor (LSU School of Medicine) for the university’s data science 2020 edition of DDS Doctor of Dental Science program and graduate adviser in the Chambers USA: (LSU School of Dentistry) computational science and informatics America’s Leading Lawyers for Ph.D. program. He holds master’s and Business for Louisiana in the area COLLEGES/SCHOOLS doctoral degrees in astrophysics of Healthcare. AGR Agriculture from the California Institute of A&D Art & Design Technology (Caltech). Preston L. Kennedy C&E Coast & Environment (1978 BACH BUS), H&SS Humanities & Social Sciences (1979 president and CEO of SCI Science Julie Cantrell BUS Business BACH A&D) received Zachary Bancshares, HS&E Human Sciences & Education the 2019 Pulpwood Inc., in Zachary, La., will ENGR Engineering Queens Book of the serve as immediate M&DA Music & Dramatic Arts Year Award for her past chairman of the MCOM Mass Communication novel Perennials. Independent Community Bankers of SCE School of the Coast Cantrell, a New York America (ICBA) for 2020-2021. & Environment Times and USA Today bestselling, Kennedy serves on the ICBA executive SVM School of Veterinary Medicine author resides in Houston. See Tigers committee, board of directors, and SW Social Work in Print, page 88. Federal Delegate Board and serves in

76 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 leadership roles on numerous Peggy Scott (1973 Amey Shortess committees. He is also an ex-officio BACH BUS), chief Crousillac (1982 BACH member of the Consolidated Holdings executive officer and H&SS) joined the Staff and the Services Network boards. board chair of Cleco at Capital Area United Kennedy previously served as and board director Way as vice president president of the Feliciana Chamber with the Eastern of resource of Commerce and the Zachary Company and Health development. She will Chamber of Commerce and has Insurance Innovations, Inc., was named be involved with the organization’s served on the boards of Dixie Business to Baton Rouge Business Report’s annual campaign as well as the affinity Center and the Lane Regional Medical 2020 Hall of Fame as Hall of Fame group, Women Unite, and Brotherhood Center Foundation. Laureate in March. Sisterhood Awards.

Eve B. Masinter (1979 Benton Toups (1977 Robert S. Angelico BACH H&SS, 1982 JD), BACH H&SS, 2000 JD), (1980 BACH BUS), an an attorney with a partner with Cranfill attorney with Liskow & Breazeale, Sachse & Sumner & Hartzog Lewis, was ranked in Wilson, is listed in the (CSH) in Wilmington, the 2020 edition of 2020 edition of N.C., was named chair Chambers USA: Chambers USA: of the CSH Law America's Leading America’s Leading Lawyers for Employment Law Practice Group. Lawyers for Business in the area Business for Louisiana in the area of Toups focuses his practice on of Tax. Labor & Employment. employment law, business litigation, and ERISA litigation. James Brown (1981 E. Fredrick Preis, Jr. BACH H&SS, 1984 JD), (1971 BACH BUS, 1974 an attorney with Liskow JD), an attorney with 1980s & Lewis, was ranked in Breazeale, Sachse & Richard Arsenault the 2020 edition of Wilson, is listed in the (1980 JD) recently Chambers USA: 2020 edition of chaired the Annual America's Leading Chambers USA: LSBA Admiralty and Lawyers for Business in the area of America’s Leading Lawyers for Complex Litigation Litigation: General Commercial. Business for Louisiana in the area of Symposiums, was Labor & Employment. selected by the John D’Angelo, (1982 National Association of Distinguished BACH BUS), president Claude F. Reynaud, Jr. Counsel as a member of the Nation's and CEO, Investar (1974 BACH BUS) an Top One Percent and taught a class at Bank, was named attorney with the Baylor Law School Litigation to Baton Rouge Breazeale, Sachse & Management LLM program. Business Report’s Wilson, is listed in the 2020 Hall of Fame as 2020 edition of Louis Buatt (1986 Businessperson of the Year. Chambers USA: BACH SCI), an attorney America’s Leading Lawyers for with Liskow & Lewis, Business for Louisiana in the area of was ranked in the 2020 Litigation: General Commercial. edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Environment.

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James C. Exnicios John Kelley (1984 Lawyers for Business in the area of (1980 BACH BUS), an DVM), founder of Lower Labor & Employment. attorney with Liskow & Cape Veterinary Lewis, was ranked in Services, a four-hospital Tyron Picard (1987 the 2020 edition of practice in Eastham, BACH H&SS), founder Chambers USA: Mass., was recognized and principal of The America's Leading as the School of Picard Group, was Lawyers for Business in the area Veterinary Medicine 2019 appointed by Gov. John of Tax. Distinguished Alumnus in February. Bel Edwards to serve Kelley was instrumental in developing on the Resilient Sidney E. Fuchs (1984 Cape Animal Referral and Emergency Louisiana Commission, formed to BACH ENGR, 1987 Center in S. Dennis, Mass. He is a examine the state's economy amid the MAST ENGR) and his member of American Veterinary coronavirus pandemic and make wife, Susan (1986 BACH Medical Association, Massachusetts recommendations for resilient BUS), of Herndon, Va., Veterinary Association, and American business-related activities and will be returning to Animal Hospital Association. He also commerce. Picard received a law Baton Rouge after more holds a M.S. degree in theriogenology. degree from Tulane in 1990. than thirty-years in the Washington, D.C. area. Fuchs recently retired from Alonzo Llorens (1984 a distinguished career in National BACH BUS) joined 1990s Security and Intelligence, where he Parker Poe Adams & Ofori Agboka (1998 started as a CIA officer before he went Bernstein in Atlanta, BACH H&SS) joined on to lead aerospace and defense Ga., in March. He was Amazon as vice companies as a CEO. He was recently most recently at Patel president of HR Global president, CEO, and director of Burkhalter and Fulfillment. He was MacAulay-Brown, Inc., a leading previously an attorney in the U.S. most recently executive national security engineering company Department of the Treasury's Honors director of HG Global that was acquired in 2018. Currently Program and later with the U.S. Corporate Staffs and GM, where he consulting and sitting on corporate Securities and Exchange Commission advanced in leadership positions in boards, Fuchs was named to the LSU in its Division of Corporation Finance. manufacturing, labor relations and HR Alumni Association Hall of Distinction He is a member of 100 Black Men of across the globe. He served as the in 2016 and the LSU College of Atlanta; served on a variety of boards, executive champion of GM’s African Engineering Hall of Distinction in 2012. including Metro Atlanta Chamber of Ancestry Network-Employee Resource Commerce, Atlanta Business League, Group, in which he was actively Professor Keith B. Hall and Atlanta Legal Diversity involved in fundraising and community (1985 BACH ENGR), the Consortium; and was awarded the service for UNCF, American Cancer Campanile Charities Atlanta Business League’s Leadership Society, Detroit’s NEYIC Adopt-A-Child, Professor of Energy Award and its Men of Influence Award. and various mentoring programs. He Law, was appointed He is the author of a political thriller, has been recognized by Savoy director of The LSU The Mirror. Llorens earned his law Magazine as one of the 100 Most John P. Laborde Energy degree from Howard University and Influential Blacks in Corporate America Law Center in January after serving as was managing editor of the Howard and was the recipient of Automotive interim director for about a year. Hall Law Journal. News’ 2017 Rising Star award. Agboka joined the faculty in 2012 and also completed the GM Transformational served as director of the Louisiana Thomas McGoey, II Leadership Program from the Stanford Mineral Law Institute. He previously (1987 JD), an attorney University Graduate School of practiced law for sixteen years with with Liskow & Lewis, Business. He serves on the LSU Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann law was ranked in the 2020 Alumni Association Board of Directors. firm in New Orleans. He graduated edition of Chambers from the Loyola University School of USA: America's Leading Law in New Orleans in 1996.

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John T. Andrishok Greg L. Johnson (1990 National Committee, and multiple (1993 BACH BUS, 1997 BACH BUS), an attorney Republican National Conventions. JD) joined Taylor Porter, with Liskow & Lewis, Baton Rouge, as special was ranked in the 2020 Karen Naumann (1993 counsel. He has edition of Chambers BACH MCOM), of Silver represented clients in USA: America’s Spring, Md., an construction litigation Leading Lawyers for accredited public and labor and employment law since Business in the area of Environment. relations practitioner, 1997. He served as special advisor to joined the Advanced the Louisiana Law Institute’s Security Lara Grauer Kaufmann Studies team of Devices Committee, and as special (1990 BACH MCOM), the U.S. Dept. of Defense’s master in the Nineteenth Judicial associate director of Defense Information School as a District Court. Andrishok has been Greenville Downtown senior instructor. recognized by Chambers USA: Airport (GMU) in America’s Leading Lawyers for Columbia, S.C., was Pam Roche (1993 Louisiana in the area of Construction appointed to South BACH ENGR), vice Law since 2012. He was selected by Carolina Aeronautics Commission, president of operations, his peers for inclusion in The Best representing District 4. She is the first Americas for KBR, Inc., Lawyers in America, is rated as AV woman in South Carolina to hold the is instrumental in the Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, title. A ten-year GMU employee, execution of billion- and is a Charter Fellow of the Kaufmann is responsible for the dollar pipeline projects Construction Lawyers Society of airport’s community outreach efforts. across the world. A practicing engineer America, an invitation-only She helped create Runway Park and for more than twenty-three years, she construction lawyer honorary society. Runway Café, was instrumental in the contributes to the success of the progress of the Military History Center company and her fellow colleagues Michael Golemi (1999 of the Carolinas Museum, developed through her involvement in KBR’s JD), an attorney with the airport field trip curriculum, and company-wide employee resource Liskow & Lewis, was helped launch the annual Take Flight group ASPIRE, which fosters the ranked in the 2020 5K, a footrace on the GMU runway. development of women and promotes edition of Chambers She is a member of Greenville a diverse workforce. USA: America’s Leading Technical College’s Aircraft Lawyers for Business in Maintenance Technology Advisory Ivan Rodriguez (1990 the area of Transportation: Shipping/ Committee, South Carolina Aviation BACH BUS, 1993 JD) Maritime: Litigation. Association, Experimental Aircraft was named managing Association, Upstate Aviation Club, partner of Phelps Emily Black Grey (1997 and South Carolina Breakfast Club. Dunbar’s Houston BACH H&SS, 2000 JD), office. He practices in a a partner in the Baton Edith “Dee Dee” variety of matters in the Rouge office of Lancaster (1992 BACH maritime and energy industries as well Breazeale, Sachse & H&SS), director of as construction disputes, labor and Wilson, and manager of logistics flow and employment, and products liability, and the firm’s health care signage at the is regional and national counsel for section, was reappointed chair of the Republican National several clients. American Health Lawyers Association Convention, has more Hospitals and Health Systems Practice than two decades of experience Morgan Stewart (1990 Group. She is listed in the 2020 developing strategic planning BACH MCOM) repened edition of Chambers USA: America’s initiatives and logistics, resulting in his New Orleans public Leading Lawyers for Business for successful events for her clients. She relations firm, Stewart Louisiana in the area of Healthcare. has worked with four Presidential Communications, and Inaugural Committees, the Republican expanded to North Carolina. Stewart offers

80 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 nearly thirty years’ reputation and Tiffany Stewart (1999 Emily Plauché Maxwell brand management experience in a MAST H&SS, 2002 PHD (1999 BACH BUS), of wide array of industries including H&SS), the Dudley & Natchez, Miss., was consumer electronics, economic Beverly Coates authorized by the development, energy, government, Endowed Professor and Certified Financial non-profits, retail, and utilities. His director of the Behavior Planner (CFP) Board of experience with two Fortune 200 Technology Laboratory Standards to use the companies (Entergy Corp. and Circuit and Pennington Diabetes Clinic, Certified Financial Planner™ and CFP® City Stores, Inc.), former Virginia Pennington Biomedical Research certification marks in accordance with Governor George Allen, and the New Center, was named to Baton Rouge board certification and renewal Orleans Business Alliance gives his Business Report’s 2020 class of requirements. Maxwell joined clients executive-level advertising, Influential Women. Bergeron and Plauché in 2000 and crisis management, marketing, media assists individuals, families, and relations, and public relations services. businesses strategize so they may Current and recent clients include retain control of their wealth and plan Another Broken Egg of America, Inc., for future and financial goals. PosiGen Solar Solutions, Sigora Solar, Crescent City Cyber Security, Jesuit High School, Huck Finn’s Café, and the New Orleans Mission.

Remastered Cane River Shows at Manship Theatre

Richard Romain (1977 BACH H&SS), former Richard Romain, took part in a post-show Q&A with his costar Tommye LSU Tigers wide receiver and star of the Myrick. From left are Romain actress Carol Sutton, Kathe Hambrick of 1982 film Cane River, was on hand for the the West Baton Rouge Museum, and Myrick. Photo: Jason Langlois/ Manship Theatre movie’s March showing at the Manship Theatre. Written, produced, and directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian Horace B. Jenkins and produced by an entirely African American cast and crew, Cane River is a racially charged love story in Natchitoches Parish, a “free community of color.” Following Jenkins’ death shortly after the film’s completion, it disappeared and was considered lost for nearly forty years. A negative was recovered in 2013, and a digitally remastered version was screened at the 2018 New Orleans Film Festival. Film distributor Oscilloscope released it in select theaters this year. The event was presented by Films at Manship,

River Road African American Museum, and West Richard Romain as Peter Metoyer in Cane River. Baton Rouge Museum. Photo: Oscilliscope

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president-elect of the Society of Kevin Hebert (2003 2000s Louisiana CPA’s Baton Rouge Chapter BACH BUS) was named Erin Bendily (2003 and on the national level has served director of strategic MPA, 2018 PHD HS&E) on AICPA’s Young Member Leadership innovation at the New was named Propel Committee and the organization’s Orleans Area Habitat America’s first Women’s Initiative Executive for Humanity in executive director for Committee Champions Task Force. In January. Hebert joined the nonprofit the community, she volunteers with the organization in 2015 as director of organization’s work in St. John the Evangelist Catholic construction. Previously, he worked in Louisiana. Propel connects high school Church, serving on its finance the acquisition and renovation of graduates with high-value training committee, ACTS Retreat Team, lector, distressed properties in the Chicago, programs and employers to transition and extraordinary minister. She Ill., area and in the advertising industry. them into a great first job and also received the Society of Louisiana meet regional workforce needs. CPA’s 2017 Women to Watch Emerging Racheal Hebert (2007 Bendily was previously assistant Leader Award and is an AICPA BACH H&SS, 2013 MLS) superintendent for policy and Leadership Academy Graduate. president and CEO of governmental affairs at the Louisiana Sexual Trauma Department of Education. Norisha Kirts Glover Awareness & Response (2003 BACH MCOM, Center, was named to Christina "CC" 2004 MPA), owner of Baton Rouge Business Cobaugh (2009 BACH NRK Construction, Report’s 2020 class of Influential H&SS), chief of staff was named to Baton Women in Business. and director of ticketing Rouge Business at the Republican Report’s 2020 class of Brittany Huling (2005 National Convention, Influential Women. BACH A&D) is Urban executes the overall South Brewery’s vision, mission, values, and strategic Amber Gunn (2005 graphic designer. She goals and is responsible for the LSU Dental School) and her husband, Kyle, management and distribution of all joined Urban South Urban South’s tickets to convention events. She was Brewery in 2018 as cofounder, met at LSU. most recently executive secretary and taproom operations “Working together for Urban South policy coordinator at the Office of the manager and event truly combines both of our passions - U.S. Trade Representative under planner. beer and design,” she writes. Ambassador Robert E. Lighthize and previously served on the executive Brad Gunn (2003 Eric B. Landry (2002 team for the 58th Presidential BACH ENGR), a BACH BUS, 2006 JD), a Inaugural Committee and was a policy bartender and tour partner in Breazeale, analyst and director of business guide at Urban South Sachse & Wilson, Baton development at Brownstein Hyatt Brewery, appreciates Rouge, was elected to Farber Schreck. his time at LSU for the firm’s management providing an enriching committee, which Jessica Cormier, (2001 experience that helped him develop directs policy decision and provides BACH BUS), director of his critical thinking, teamwork and guidance and leadership for strategic finance at the Louisiana personal interaction skills. operation and growth. High School Athletic Association, was appointed to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Foundation Board. Cormier is

82 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 Matt Lambert (2003 chief executive officer of the Nebraska Diversity Advisory Board, LSU BACH BUS), of Metairie, Department of Health and Human Foundation Board of Directors, and is La., received the Services and spent twelve years with an adjunct faculty member at Tulane Brother Martin High LDH in a variety of roles. She holds a University School of Public Health. School 2020 Brother doctorate in public policy from More Schaefer Faculty Southern University. Award in February. 2010s Lambert graduated from Brother Jyric Sims (2005 BAH Eric Augustin (2011 Martin in 1998 and joined the faculty in HS&E), chief executive BACH ENGR), a brewer 2004. He has served as head officer of Medical City at Urban South Brewery wrestling coach, eighth-grade baseball Forth Worth, was since 2017, uses the coach, seventh- and eighth-grade trip recognized as one of organizational and coordinator, College Run coordinator, seventy African multitasking skills he assistant in the Admissions Office, and American leaders in learned at LSU in his Fishing Club moderator. He is currently healthcare to know by Becker’s work with the brewing team.' a member of the Mathematics Hospital Review. The list highlights Department and Formation Center, African Americans who have taken on Sarah Edwards (2011 athletics assistant, and head eighth- leadership roles across the country at BACH H&SS), an grade baseball coach. hospitals and health systems as well attorney with as in national organizations and McGlinchey Stafford, Mallory McGough includes both established and was selected to (2009 BACH H&SS), emerging leaders. Sims served on a participate in the director of national delegation to Israel and Leadership Council on administration at the currently serves on the LSU National Legal Diversity Pathfinders program for Republican National Convention, previously worked for several organizations, including Knock Knock Children's Museum and the American Cancer Society in Baton Rouge and in events and athletics operations management in Nashville, Tenn. McGough also worked for Congressman Pete Sessions, running his internship program in Washington, D.C., and serving as grassroots coordinator of his re-election campaign in Dallas.

Courtney Phillips (2000 BACH HS&E, 2003 MPA) was appointed secretary of From left, Jim Erny, Mike Enright, Harry Meredith, Leonard Scrantz, Randall Angelle, Tom Daly, Terry Latiolais, Charles Hardy, Florent Hardy, Jr., Lynn Alexander, Francis DeBlanc, Mike Reid, Phil Spezale, the Secretary of the Terry Forstall, Barry Solar, Wayne Johnson, Andrew VonHagnagy, Butch Wyble, and Paul Hardy. Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) by Gov. Celebrating Retirement – Alumni members of Phi Kappa Theta’s John Bel Edwards in April. In October Omicron Chapter of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University 2018, Phillips became the first woman of Louisiana at Lafayette) honored their brother Florent “Pon” Hardy, Jr. to serve as the executive (1974 PHD HS&E) at a retirement luncheon in March. Hardy, state archivist at commissioner of Texas Health and Louisiana State Archives/Louisiana’s Historical Jewelry Box since 2000, retired Human Services. She was formerly in February.

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diverse, high-potential, early career Greg Ostrom (2017 BABY attorneys. She was named a 2019- BACH H&SS) joined the 2020 Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Urgan South Brewery BENGALS Star and to New Orleans CityBusiness as packaging operator Ones to Watch in 2019. She is involved in 2019. He recalls the Amanda Exner with various bar and industry sense of community, Staiano (2007 associations, including the American teamwork, and BACH H&SS) and Bar Association’s Consumer Financial cooperation toward a greater goal he Patrick Staiano Services Committee and the Online learned at LSU from his time in (2008 BACH ENGR) Lenders Alliance. athletics and his fraternity. announce the birth of Emily Anne Staiano on Nov. 28, 2019. Emily John Michael Moore Seth Reich (2010 BACH weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz. and measured (2017 BACH M&DA) ENGR), an attorney with 21 inches. joined Urban South Caldwell Cassady & Brewery in 2018 as Curry, Dallas, Texas, Chris (2011 BACH sales representative. was named to the HS&E) and Mallory 2020 Texas Rising He credits LSU with his Carmouche Stars list of the top communication skills, announce the birth young lawyers in the state. teamwork ethic, and the ability to find of their son, Parker success through hard work. Christopher Carmouche, on Thomas Naquin (2016 April 14, 2020. Parker weighed in 7 BACH H&SS, 2019 JD) lbs. 4 oz. and measured 19 5/8 joined the Baton Rouge inches and was welcomed home law firm Bienvenu, by his big sister, Eloise Mae. Bonnecaze, Foco, Viator, and Holinga and practices in the area of general litigation.

APOLLO Update Recalling his memories of the Apollo mission (LSU Alumni Magazine Winter 2019 and Spring 2020), Harvey Schwartzberg (1949 BACH ENGR), of Baton Rouge, shares this note: After earning my bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from LSU, I enrolled at the University of Illinois and earned a master’s degree in the same field in 1950. Following a brief period with the General Electric Co. in Schenectady, N.Y., I was called to active duty in the U.S. Air Force. Upon separation, I worked for General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas, and then Trans-Sonics of Burlington, Mass., for which I opened an office in New Orleans in 1963 to deal with NASA and the Michoud facility during the development of the S1 Booster. I was successful in obtaining the contract for design, development, and production from the Boeing Company for the Fuel (RP-1) and Oxidizer (LOX) gauging systems. Working with the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, I positioned Trans-Sonics to obtain the award of the Fuel (Aerozene50) and Oxidizer (Nitrogen Tetroxide) gauging systems for the Lunar Module from the Grumman Company. On final descent to the lunar surface, the three measurements continuously relayed to Mission Control by astronaut Neil Armstrong were breathing oxygen, height above the surface, and remaining fuel, for they had to have sufficient fuel to lift off the moon and hook up with the orbiting command module to return to Earth.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Spring 2019 issue referred to a “95-year milestone” for the magazine. That was incorrect. Indeed, the magazine traces its ancestry 117 years back, to The Alumnus, first published in 1903, two years before the Society of Alumni of the Louisiana State University was chartered in 1905. Through the years, today’s LSU Alumni Magazine has been published as The Alumnus, LSU Alumni News, and LSU Magazine. The magazine regrets the error.

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In Memoriam Veil David “Sonny” DeVillier, (1957 BACH H&SS, 1960 JD) died of COVID-19 on April 17, 2020, in Baton Rouge. DeVillier graduated from Eunice High School in 1953, where he served as the school’s first student body president. At LSU, he was an active member of Lambda Chi Alpha and served as its president for three terms. He remained involved with the fraternity for decades, serving as its alumni president and as a member of the Grand High Zeta, its national governing board. DeVillier was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1966, as an infantry captain. He was actively involved in John F. Kennedy’s presidential run and in John McKeithen’s gubernatorial campaign. A staunch LSU supporter, he was a driving force in establishing LSU-Eunice, was as the special assistant to the chancellor of LSU, and was a member of and served as president of the LSU Alumni Association Board of Directors. He served as the president of Acadiana Bank and Chairman of the Board of the Planters Trust & Savings Bank, as chief counsel for the oil and gas division of Louisiana’s Office of Conservation, and as executive director of the Louisiana State Trooper’s Association. Donald E. Welge (1957 BACH AGR), of Chester, Ill., passed on April 16, 2020, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Mo. Welge, president of Gilster Mary-Lee Corp., was with the company for over sixty years. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Chester; a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Chester, Steeleville, and Perryville, Ill.; and a director for the Buena Vista National Bank. He was passionate in supporting the Boy Scouts for more than forty years and served as council president. Welge an adviser for the School of Business at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale and Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau and was active with the LSU College of Agriculture. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was named to the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction in 2012. Frank B. Wickes, LSU director of bands emeritus and Carruth Alumni Professor Emeritus, passed away on April 27, 2020, in Fleming Island, Fla. Wickes, director of bands from 1980-2010, directed the Golden Band from Tigerland, conducted the LSU Wind Ensemble, and taught graduate courses. During his tenure, the Tiger Band was repeatedly recognized for excellence at national and international levels. In 1997, the band was unanimously named the outstanding marching band of the SEC and in 2002 received the Sudler Trophy for a distinguished history of marching and performance excellence. Tiger Band won the “Battle of the Bands,” a college marching band contest sponsored by ESPN, Lucasfilm, and Paramount Pictures, in 2008 and in 2009 was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Wickes partnered with LSU Alumni Association to launch the annual LSU Alumni Band Reunion in 1985. His personal honors are numerous, among them, the National Band Association's highest honor, the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts Award for excellence and exceptional service to the band profession; election to the Louisiana Music Educators Hall of Fame; induction into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors; and receiving the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic Medal of Honor. In 2019, Wickes received an honorary Doctor of Arts from LSU, in recognition of his enormous contributions to the University and the LSU Department of Bands.

1930s Charles E. Severance, 1957 BACH AGR, March 22, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Theda Alice Tucker Ricks, 1939 BACH HS&E, 1956 MAST HS&E, Graydon Lee Walker, 1950 BACH H&SE, 1956 MAST HS&E, April 11, 2020, April 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. 1940s 1960s Jane Keel Banquer, 1943 BACH BUS, April 7, 2020, Norco, La. Daniel Elemore “Danny” Becnel, Jr., 1966 BACH H&SS, April 7, 2020, Helene Shahan Forester, 1944 BACH AGR, April 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Laplace, La. Eloise Farris Persac, 1949 BACH BUS, March 14, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Fred Houston Belcher, Jr., 1961 JD, April 21, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. George W. Pugh, 1947 BACH H&SS, 1950 JD, April 7, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Maurice Jerome “Jerry” Bize, 1967 BACH ENGR, 1969 MBA, April 11, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. 1950s Vanessa A. Briggs, 1968 BACH H&SS, April 4, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Ray Paul Authement, 1952 BACH H&SS, 1956 PHD H&SS, April 5, 2020, John Joseph “Jack” d'Aquin, Jr., 1969 BACH H&SS, April 18, 2020, Lafayette, La. Avery Island, La. Laurance W. Brooks, Jr., 1955 BACH H&SS, Feb. 21, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Jerry A. Gurie, 1963 BACH AGR, Mach 13, 2020, Summerville, La. Claude C. Fuqua, Jr., 1952 MAST HS&E, 1967 CERT HS&E, March 18, 2020, Percy Franklin Kuhn, 1963 BACH ENGR, March 19, 2020, Mandeville, La. Lafayette, La. Sidney Marshall Longwell, Sr., 1968 BACH H&SS, March 27, 2020, Edward Clark Gaudin, 1952 BACH A&D, JD 1958, March 19, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Melinda Mangham, 1962 BACH HS&E, April 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Zoe Stevens Harrell, 1959 BACH H&SS, 1981 MAST HS&E, April 8 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Glynes Kay Westh “Missy” Poché, 1964 Med Tech/LSU Med School, April 26, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Frank Joseph Husband, III, 1955 BACH SCI, March 22, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Richard Jesse "Jess" Searles, Jr., 1961 BACH A&D, March 17, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Louis William McHardy, 1951 BACH H&SS, 1956 MAST H&SS, May 1, 2020, Baton Rouge La. Oran Justin Suire, 1965 BACH ENGR, May 5, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Johnie Graves Morgan, 1957 MAST HS&E, April 26, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Ronald C. Thompson, 1965 BACH AGR, 1969 MAST AGR, Feb, 12, 2020, Forest Grove, Ore. Robert J. “Bob” O’Brien, 1958 BACH H&SS, April 2, 2019, Clifton Park, N.Y. Alton Dale “Skipper” Thornton, Sr., 1961 BACH H&SS, March 15, 2020, Gordon C. Ogden, Jr., 1959 BACH H&SS, April 10, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Denham Springs, La. Henry Dupont Heck Olinde, Sr., 1950 BACH H&SS, 1954 MD, April 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. 1970s James Francis “Jim” Pierson, Jr., 1955 BACH BUS, 1957 JD, March 9, 2020, Francis Raphael “F.R.” Cavell, Jr., 1972 BACH H&SS, March 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La.

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Ted Wayne David, 1973 MAST HS&E, April 27, 2020, Jarreau, La. Paul Elgean Doucet, 1972 MAST HS&E, April 21, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Mary Alice Fazekas-May, 1978 BACH H&SS, March 22, 2020, Join Tiger Advocates New Orleans, La. Thomas “Tom” Mons, 1974 BACH H&SS, April 13, 2020, Denham Springs, La. Larry Michael Maciasz, 1973 BACH H&SS, May 5, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Get involved now to protect LSU and higher Bernie “Bunny” C. Purvis, 1971 BACH HS&E, 1977 MAST HS&E, April 28, education in Louisiana. We want LSU TIGER 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Richard McLeish “Rick” Sandefer, 1973 JD, March 27, 2020, Biloxi, Miss. NATION – alumni, friends, fans, future alumni, Donald Stilley, 1973 MAST HS&E, April 5, 2020, Albany, La. faculty, and staff – to be well informed on Evva Z. Wilson, 1970 MAST AGR, 1990 PHD AGR, May 1, 2020, Port Allen, La. legislation that might impact YOUR University. Alberta Villien Winch, 1970 MLS, April 7, 2020, Lafayette, La. 1980s Marion Marsha Drennen, 1989 BACH A&D, March 19, 2020, WHY SHOULD YOU BECOME A TIGER ADVOCATE: St. Francisville, La. Pamela G. Magee, 1982 BACH H&SS, 1986 JD, April 17, 2020, Help support the future of our state’s most Baton Rouge, La. gifted future alumni. Elizabeth “Betty” Busch Miller, 1989 BACH HS&E, April 19, 2020, Lafayette, La. Keep vital research going to address our Adrienne Marie Johnson Robertson, 1982 BACH H&SS, April 20, state’s most pressing problems. 2020, Plaquemine, La. Patti Polzin Roughton, 1984 BACH AGR April 220, 2020, Support University parish extension offices Baton Rouge, La. throughout the state that spread the wealth 1990s of LSU research. Patricia Ann “Patty" Dunhardt, 1998 MAST H&SS, May 6, 2020, Manassas, Va. Help LSU continue to produce alumni Vicki Lyn Smith LeBleu, 1990 BACH HS&E, 1994 MAST HS&E, community leaders across the state. March 18, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Anne Metre Ronholt Montalvo, 1994 BACH H&SS, April 7, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Thomas Charles Morgan, 1996 JD, April 21, 2020, Flatrock, N.C. WHAT DOES BECOMING A TIGER ADVOCATE MEAN? Patricia Andrae North, 1999 BACH H&SS, March 26, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. You will receive email notifications at critical 2000s times when your voice needs to be heard in Katherine Jane Dalrymple, 2008 BACH H&SS, May 7, 2020, the Louisiana Legislature. Alexandria, La. Stephanie Dornier McGehee, 2004 BACH MCOM, March 21, 2020, With just a click or call, your legislators will Lettsworth, La. know LSU TIGER NATION is closely monitoring 2010s legislative decisions that impact LSU. Joshua Stern Lahasky, 2017 BACH BUS, April 28, 2020, Lafayette, La. Your legislators represent YOU. Show them Ashley Danielle Lee, 2010 MPA, April 22, 2020, Baton Rouge, La you are for LSU.

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Tigers in Print

Julie Cantrell (1995 BACH H&SS, 1997 MAST H&SS) Perennials and Crescendo (HarperCollins) Perennials – Eva Sutherland, known as Lovey, grew up safe and secure in Oxford, Miss., surrounded by a rich literary history and her mother’s stunning flower gardens. A shed fire, and the injuries it caused, changed everything. Her older sister, Bitsy – homecoming queen and the perfect Southern belle who could do no wrong – blamed Lovey for the family in rural South Georgia. At Barbara Cook Overton damage. At eighteen, suffocating three years of age, Fred Allen could (2015 PHD H&SS) in her sister’s shadow, Lovey turns play Mozart sonatas on the piano Unintended Consequences of down a marriage proposal and flees without missing a note. In spite of Electronic Medical Records: An to Arizona, carving a satisfying life for his obvious talent, Fred’s parents Emergency Room Ethnography herself as a successful advertising discouraged him, even locking away (Lexington Press) executive and weekend yoga the piano. Forced to fend for himself Unintended Consequences of instructor. But at forty-five, Lovey is through his adolescent years, Fred Electronic Medical Records: An feeling alone and questioning the knew he needed to find a way to Emergency Room Ethnography choices that led her here. When rise above his broken background. argues that while electronic medical her father insists she come home With incredible effort, and a few records (EMRs) were supposed three weeks early for her parents’ miracles along the way, Fred earned to improve health care delivery, fiftieth anniversary, Lovey is at her acceptance into the Julliard School in EMRs’ unintended consequences wits’ end. She’s about to close the New York City. While simultaneously have affected emergency medicine biggest contract of her career, and attending Juilliard, Union Theological providers and patients in alarming there’s a lot on the line. Despite the Seminary, and Columbia University, ways. Higher healthcare costs, risks, her father’s words, “Family he directed a local church choir, decreased physician productivity, First,” draw her back to the red-dirt caught the attention of the music increased provider burnout, lower roads of Mississippi. Lovey is quickly industry, and in the 1960s received levels of patient satisfaction, and engrossed in a secret project – a numerous Grammy nominations. As more medical mistakes are just a few memory garden her father has his career was taking off, Fred’s wife of the consequences Barbara Cook planned as an anniversary surprise. announced she no longer wanted Overton observes while studying one The landscaper working on it is to raise their daughter in New York emergency room’s EMR adoption. none other than Fisher, the first City and was heading home to the With data collected over six years, boy she loved. As she helps create South. Trying not to think about what Overton demonstrates how EMRs this sacred space, Lovey begins to could have been, Fred took a job as harm health care organizations and rediscover her roots, the power of a high school music teacher in his thrust providers into the midst of second chances, and how to live hometown. Far from the executive incompatible rule systems without perennially in spite of life’s many suites of RCA and the allure of appropriate strategies for coping trials and tragedies. Broadway, Fred never could have with these challenges, thus robbing Crescendo – More than eighty imagined that his new role would them of agency. Using structuration years ago, a musical prodigy with not only transform his life but also theory and its derivatives to frame a brilliant mind was born into a change an entire community forever. her analysis, Overton explores the poor, uneducated, and abusive ways providers communicatively and

88 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 guidebook features customers, scrubbing motel-room thirty sites across toilets, plucking chicken bones and North Carolina that are used condoms from under the beds perfect for exploration – they played canasta, an old ladies’ and hands-on learning game that provided them with a about the Earth and refuge from the sun and helped them the environment. avoid their violent, troubled father. A stellar group Morris was successful at occupying of naturalists and his time with his siblings and the educators narrate each children of families staying in the adventure, explaining motel’s kitchenette apartments but key scientific concepts not so successful at keeping clear by showing you exactly of his father, a man unable to shake performatively receive and manage where and how to the horrors he had experienced as EMRs in emergency rooms. Scholars look. This guidebook is for anyone – a child and, later, as a soldier. The of communication and medicine will teens, kids, families, hikers, teachers, preteen would learn as he matured find this book particularly useful. students, and tourists alike – who that his father had reserved his most loves to be outside while learning. ferocious attacks for him because April C. Smith (1999 MAST SCI) of an inability to accept a gay or, to 30 Great North Carolina Science Morris Ardoin (1981 BACH MCOM) his mind, broken, son. It became Adventures (University of North Stone Motel: Memoirs of a Cajun Boy his dad’s mission to “fix” his son, Carolina Press) In the summers of the early 1970s, and Morris’s mission to resist – and From underground wonderlands to Morris Ardoin and his siblings helped survive intact. He was aided in his islands in the sky and everything in run their family's roadside motel in struggle immeasurably by the love between, North Carolina possesses a hot, buggy, bayou town in Cajun and encouragement of a selfless and an astonishingly rich array of natural Louisiana. The stifling, sticky heat generous grandmother, who provides wonders. Building on this abundance, inspired them to find creative ways his story with much of its warmth, April C. Smith passionately seeks to stay cool and out of trouble. wisdom, and humor. to open the world of nature to When they were not doing their everyone. Her popular science chores – handling a colorful cast of

LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 89 PROFILE Tiger Nation Cooking Up Kindness

By Greg Forbes Siegman Growing up in Mississippi, Andrew Andrew: “I really did. I was enamored Gravens (2014 BAC H&&SS) with the idea, and I believe in the loved spending time in the goodness of people. So, I thought it kitchen – helping his mother and could work. And lo and behold, grandmother prepare the family's it does!” meals. As an undergraduate at Greg: Besides the food, what makes LSU, he developed an interest the experience special? in assisting people who feel Andrew: “It benefits everyone at the table. No matter who has what, we all disconnected from those have a lot to share with each other and around them. Then, one day, he learn from each other – and that can received an offer from a nonprofit begin over the course of a meal here. organization to pursue both Plus, there's the service. Our volunteers passions simultaneously. love to come to work. Being served As executive chef at A Place at the by a happy staff makes any dining Table, Gravens leads a culinary team that experience better. For those who can't bakes and cooks hundreds of dishes a afford a meal, it's also special because day. In the process, he plays a vital role in it's a place with options, dignity, the bringing a community closer together. opportunity to meet new people, and it Andrew Gravens, executive chef, A Place at the Table. Located in Raleigh, N.C., A Place at the provides them a chance to volunteer.” Table follows an unconventional business Greg: Where did you sharpen your model. It does not charge fixed prices skills as a chef? for the waffles, jambalaya, or other tasty Andrew: “All over Baton Rouge. While items on its menu. Instead, the cafe lets I went to LSU, I worked in professional customers decide what they can afford kitchens. I was especially influenced – the suggested price, a reduced price by my time at Magpie Cafe and the or nothing at all (the latter frequently Spanish Town Market.” volunteer their time in lieu of payment). To help make up the difference in Greg: How did your time in class at revenue, many generous customers “pay LSU impact what you do now? it forward” – covering their own bill and Andrew: “While studying psychology, contributing to the tabs of other patrons. I was drawn to the idea that if there's As a result of the unique pricing a place where someone can feel structure, Gravens and his peers have connected and wanted, a huge need made it possible for visitors of all has been met for them. Maybe, our socioeconomic backgrounds to dine biggest need in life is to have people together in a common space, engage in who support and love us. Without conversation, discover common ground, support, it's hard to recover from Executive Chef Andrew Gravens and kitchen anything. That has reinforced to me staffers, from left, Amanda Hampton, Karma, Alaric and develop friendships. Vines, and Alyson Fuller-Smith, “Much love and Since opening in 2018, A Place at the that I'm part of something meaningful at virtual hugs from us to our friends in Louisiana. A Place at the Table.” Stay safe.” Not pictured, Eliot Burnhams. Table has become a popular destination for breakfast and lunch. Last year alone, Greg: Best lesson you learned in the “pay-what-you-can” cafe served the kitchen? nearly 50,000 meals. Andrew: “Expect nothing and be cool “Without support, it's Gravens – whose two brothers, with everything.” hard to recover from Matthew (2010 BACH SCI) and Charles Greg: What constitutes a great meal? (2017 BACH ENGR), also graduated from Andrew: “Fresh ingredients and anything. That has LSU – spoke with the writer for LSU good company. A great meal is full of reinforced to me that Alumni Magazine. ‘mmmmmm, pass me some more of I'm part of something Greg: When you first heard about that’ and lots of laughter.” A Place at the Table, did you think Greg Forbes Siegman is co-author of The meaningful at A Place the “pay-what-you-can” concept Milkshake Man (www.MilkshakeMan.com). could generate enough revenue to The book tells the story of a person who uses food to bring a community together. at the Table.” stay in business?

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By Sherry Sanchez Sherry Sanchez (1971 BACH BUS 1972 MAST BUS), an attorney in the law offices of Robert Wheatley in Tustin, Calif., shares LSU memories with readers. Since I am cooped up with this COVID thing – I am on my work computer now, at my ranch in California – I started remembering my first encounter at LSU in the summer of 1967. The year was 1967 and I had just flown in from Agadir, Morocco, to start my freshman year in Evangeline Hall. I had never set foot in Louisiana before. Bucking the family tradition – A seventh-generation native Californian, my dad was a USC grad, my mom a Cal Berkeley grad. But I took the road less traveled. My parents were mad about archeology, so we spent summers driving from one North African hellhole to another to see Egyptian ruins, Carthaginian sites, Ottoman fortresses, you name it. In the summer of ’66, prior to my senior year in high school, we were driving to Marrakech when my folks handed me a copy of Barron’s Guide to American Colleges and Universities, and said, “Pick a college and get out of our sight.”

Sherry Sanchez and her husband, David James, in Hong Kong. So many choices – There was a lot to choose from, since I had good grades, high ACT and SAT scores, was a National Merit finalist, etc. The only limiting factors were that I can’t stand very cold weather and lacking a “Y” chromosome, I could not attend any military academy or Cal Tech. In those days, females were not allowed. My high school had more than 4,200 students, so I did not want to go to a small college, which would seem like high school with ashtrays. LSU had it all – 20,000 students on campus, four days off to go to Mardi Gras, a very active Greek system (Delta Zeta legacy) and Playboy magazine ranked it highest on its party school charts, stating that LSU was not listed in the Top 10 college party schools as LSU had moved into the pro ranks. Looked ideal. Sent off my application to LSU, Alabama, and University of Georgia and waited to hear who was interested. Leaving on a jet plane – It was late August of 1967 and Southern Morocco was hotter than blazes. Flew to Grand Canary Island, then to Madeira, then Lisbon, and that’s where things went awry. I did not have a confirmed reservation over the pond. I was stuck in Lisbon airport, age seventeen, with nowhere to go. I located a TWA manager and explained that I was seventeen, traveling alone, and had to get to LSU – because if I arrived late, I would miss sorority Rush Week and my life would be ruined. He took pity on me and asked if I would be willing to ride in a jump seat with the flight attendants. I said I would ride in the luggage rack if it would get me over the pond. So, I rode to Boston in the jump seats. From Boston it was a short flight to Kennedy in New York where I had to change planes to the Delta flight to New Orleans. Back then suitcases were not on wheels. I was trying to drag a heavy suitcase out to the curb to catch the shuttle to the Delta terminal. I was struggling when a nice Marine took pity on me, grabbed the suitcase and asked “What terminal?” He rode with me to the Delta terminal and carried my bag to the check in desk. I never got his name. A short flight to Baton Rouge, and a cab ride to Evangeline Hall. I was in a three- student room. The other girls – one from Shreveport and the other from Vicksburg – were moving in with the help of their parents, with custom-made bed spreads, table

92 LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020 lamps, and curtains to match the spreads. The parents asked me where my parents were. I said they were in Africa. How do I get in touch with them? I don’t. Well, what if there was an emergency? Well, one better not happen. The parents were shocked and appalled. This was a recurrent theme. The next day I was summoned to the Dean of Women’s office. I had violated a rule that said that coeds were not allowed to travel after midnight. Wasn’t it true that I had traveled after midnight? More than one midnight, actually. This was unacceptable. I asked how she thought it would be possible to get from Agadir to Grand Canaria to Funchal to Lisbon to Boston to New York to New Orleans to Baton Rouge without hitting a few midnights along the way? She was shocked and appalled that my parents would allow a seventeen-year-old female to travel unaccompanied across three continents to go to college. I thought she was goofy. Keep in mind – in 1967 the ratio of male to female students was 4:1. So with four guys to every girl, if a girl did not have horn growing out her forehead, or three eyes, it was possible to date oneself into an early grave. I sure gave it a go. Indeed, at one point I was going out with seventeen guys on a regular basis. This meant that if you went to a football game with one guy, the next week you might only have coffee and beignets at the Student Union. I started calling all of them “Cher” so I wouldn’t call Jack Chuck. I had to keep a chart to keep this under control. Which inevitably led to disaster. I was “campus-ed.” More to come . . .

Happy 100 Harding William Bossier (1949 BACH ENGR), of Baton Rouge, celebrated his 100th birthday on June 19. Bossier entered LSU in 1938 and when declared eligible for the draft left school to work until being called up. In March 1942, he was sent to Camp Crowder, Mo., as part of the Army Signal Corps, and then served at various bases across the country. From 1944-1945, as a sergeant in Signal Corps Battalion 1528, he served in the Pacific Theater, stationed in New Guinea, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and finally, Japan. After his release in November 1945, Harding returned to Baton Rouge to work for Esso. He re-entered LSU in 1946 and after graduating was again employed by Esso, achieving the position of associate engineer at Esso Research and Centenarian Harding William Bossier. Development Laboratories. He retired from Exxon in 1984. Harding married Thermutis “Mickey” Mick of Huntington, W.V., in 1952, and the couple had four children – Julia Bossier Simmons, William Bossier, Ann Bossier Eggart (1980 BACH H&SS), and James Bossier (1984 BACH H&SS). Two sons-in- law and a grandson are also LSU graduates – Robert Simmons (1977 DVM), Greg Eggart (LSU 1979 BACH H&SS), and David Bossier (2018 BACH ENGR). In 1957, the family moved to Pollard Estates, where Harding lived until moving to Williamsburg Senior Living in 2019. After Mickey’s death in 1993, he married Eulema “Jerry” Moore, who passed away in 2015. An LSU season ticket holder for many years, he remains a devoted, if somewhat cantankerous, Tiger fan and it was a great joy for him to witness this past spectacular season.

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From left, Beau James Box (1990 BACH BUS); Courtney Sharp, Beau Box Real Estate; Beau Box; Corrie Presley, nurse manager, Neuro Critical Care Unit & MVCC Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center; Melvin Abbott Lions Club district governor-elect; Shannon Hultberg (1996 BACH H&SS), co-founder, BR Answer the Call; and Kathryn Rothkamm Gill, co-founder BR Answer the Call.

Ross Aguilar On the Frontlines – Beau Box Property Management partnered with Baton Rouge-based Raising Cane’s to supply lunches to more than 1,100 Our Lady #1 in the U.S.A. – Ross Aguilar of the Lake employees on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic crisis (2014 BACH HS&E), a member of in April. Meals were delivered to frontline workers at OLOL Regional Medical the Baton Rouge 4D Racing Team, Center, Ascension, Livingston, North Baton Rouge, and Children’s Hospital. In placed first among 8,187 cyclists a sign of solidarity for the Capitol City region, Beau Box Property Management in the U.S. and sixteenth out of joined with BR Answer the Call, to raise donations for local restaurants 119,834 cyclists in the world in the struggling during the quarantine in order to feed frontline workers and to #Festive500 race in December. The deliver the appreciation meals. event – a seasonal tradition and riding rite of passage sponsored by London-based cycling clothing manufacturer Rapha Racing Happy Anniversary – A Ltd. – challenges cyclists to ride note from Vermon Dillon (1981 500km (310 miles) in the eight days BACH H&SS) on April 27: “Thirty between Christmas Eve and New years ago today, Gloria Wade of Year’s Eve. Aguilar recorded a total Zanesville, Ohio, took a leap of distance of 1,621 kilometers – that’s faith and trusted God to marry 1,007 miles in eight days. a country boy from Bogalusa, La. – me!” The Dillons reside in Wilmington, Ohio.

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Tiger Nation Four Generations of LSU Tigers

By Rachel Holland Incoming freshman Jane Hamilton is a fourth-generation LSU Tiger. Hamilton, of Spring Lake, N.J., is the daughter and granddaughter of passionate LSU alumni. Their dedication and love of LSU began with Jane’s maternal great-grandfather. “I have been visiting the campus my whole life. I’ve always known I would be going to LSU. I feel like I’ve been waiting my four high Boyce Miller used his prize-winning hog as a down payment for his tuition. school years to go,” Hamilton said. Photo: 1938 Gumbo The family’s LSU history starts with Jane’s great-grandfather, Boyce Miller (1938 BACH AGR, 1952 MAST AGR) and his sisters, who attended LSU in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1934, Miller and his father loaded their prize-winning pig into their truck, and drove to the Baton Rouge campus from their home in Livingston Parish. “This was during the Great Depression. The story is that my dad had raised a champion hog for the parish fair and he won a ribbon. He and his dad took the hog to the LSU campus because they didn’t have any money, and they offered LSU the hog as a down payment on his tuition,” said Clare Miller, Boyce’s daughter. “LSU took the hog, he [Boyce] became a student, and they gave him a job of caring for the hog, along with other barnyard animals.” After graduating from LSU, Miller taught in Louisiana for thirty-three years, specializing in agriculture and horticulture. He taught an additional eleven years in From left, Clare, Laurie, Jane, and Patrick Hamilton. Photo: Laurie Hamilton Florida before retiring. “But he taught until he was seventy years old,” Miller said. Clare Miller (1962 BACH AGR, 1979 MAST AGR) studied home economics, specializing in dietetics and food systems management. Her career has focused on child nutrition, working for the Louisiana Department of Education as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in the federal school meal programs. “I was sixty when I went to Washington. I worked as a senior nutritionist with the child nutrition division for the USDA,” Miller said. Her daughter, Laurie Hamilton (1987 BACH MCO), met her husband, Patrick, (1984 BACH ENGR), a native of New Jersey, at a campus dining hall. After working as the head of construction for Walmart, Patrick now leads construction for Hudson’s Bay Company, which owns Saks Fifth Avenue. Throughout his career, the family has moved around the world, finding other LSU graduates in places like Brazil. “We were members of an LSU Brazil alumni association,” Laurie said. “We always wanted our kids to go to LSU.” Jane’s older sister, Clare, is a current LSU student, studying engineering. Jane will study biology as an Ogden Honors College student. Even as the Hamilton family lives in New Jersey, they share their LSU pride. “We fly the LSU flag proudly here,” Hamilton said. Jane’s grandmother is proud the family has continued to attend the university her father loved. “My dad would be really pleased. He left a legacy for my family that we all have gone to LSU. That was a man whose blood flowed purple and gold,” Miller said.

Rachel Holland is a content development coordinator at LSU Strategic Communications.

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